Shedding; there are levels to it.
Recently, I’m leaning into the knowing that our work is never done in the personal growth space. & thats ok. This is something I’ve philosophically and conceptually known for some time, but what has come as a surprise is the waves of shedding, grief, undoing, and unknowing that have hit me hard. It sometimes feels like I’m taking one step forward and two steps back. Thats when I allow myself to peer into the review mirror and embody that the undoing or unbecoming is a necessary part of the deconstruction and reconstruction. It is a reckoning of self acceptance. Of leaning into my authenticity. Of shedding. The past. over and over. Of reframing. Of letting go of the old stories. Knowing that we can rewrite our plans and our scripts as many times as we need to in order to honor or authentic self. Because life is constant. Change is constant. And with new data there is new analysis. What if we were to be permissive with ourselves on an ongoing basis? What would that look like? What if its ok to not know what we know until we know it and then to adapt and adjust accordingly? I would rather allow myself to show up authentically in a way that I can anchor in my truth than abandon myself in order to follow an old blueprint that no longer makes sense. What if we allowed ourselves to truly embody that notion that our only job is to not disappoint our future highest possible selves and the evolution we have promised to…
