Does it have to be hard to be valuable? Does it have to be hard-earned to make a person worthy? If you work smarter, not harder, are you deserving?
These are the questions that are swimming in my head. Lately, a lot of my “core beliefs” that became a part of me through observation, environment, and suggestion are becoming less valid. I’m starting to question what I’ve believed and wonder what really matters.
So much of who I’ve been, or not been, has had much to do with concerns about external perceptions. On today’s podcast I tackle the belief that doing things the hard way is what makes it valid.
Doing things the “hard way” in my mind is doing things in a conventional way. I am not built to do things conventionally. HOWEVER, for most of my life, I have seen being conventional as the goal, as the right way, as the box I’m supposed to fit in, although I abhor being in the box.
There are benefits in the box that I wanted to partake in. I wanted to be accepted and loved and celebrated. And I tried. Good gawd, I tried. And I’m finally accepting that I don’t actually want to be conventional. It’s so unnatural to me. And I’m ready to let go of that and fully accept that I’m unconventional, and that’s actually my superpower.
It’s like if you could fly or walk through walls and you’re hiding it because you don’t want people hating on you because they can’t do it. And what I’m realizing, right now, as I type this, that although pretending to not have those superpowers allows you to avoid some of the “hate,” it also means that you’re avoiding BEING ABLE TO FREAKING FLY!
I never thought about all I’ve lost, missed out on, and kept myself from by pretending I don’t have gifts, by ignoring the intuitive hints that guide me through and around situations to make my path easier. I’ve been doing it the hard way, and for what? Doing it the hard way is so freaking hard for me that I’m not able to keep up with the conventional people. So I’m isolated anyway. I don’t fit anyway. I’m missing out anyway.
I might as well put on my cape and lace up my boots and rock these superpowers so I can live my life more fully… because being on the ground sucks.
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Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
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Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
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