The hardest part of life is making a decision that requires you to deny part of yourself for something society believes to be more important. Happiness is only temporary, but contentment is lasting. Contentment is defined by understanding and knowing who you are then fully accepting and embracing all of you with an open heart. To deny parts of yourself only opens the door to anxiety, defensiveness, and guilt … usually under the guise of someone or something else.
As November slowly approaches, I feel my underlying anxiety creeping it’s way to the forefront of my daily life. I have denied several pieces of me for so many months now, believing that I needed to focus on what I ‘needed’ to do, and finally it’s all caught up to me. Who I am, who we all are, is a question we struggle to answer on a daily basis because of our constant distractions, emotions, tasks, needs and requirements of that day.
Today, I find myself reflecting on who I am, searching for the basis of my anxiety … trying to understand the reason why this overwhelming feeling has once more returned. I know it’s a compilation of things, but I’ve come to understand something deeper this morning.
I’d like to share something I wrote a few days ago with you …