Release

"Have a good cry: Grief is a doorway to your deepest self."

We are taught strength -what humility means, what it means to be strong, fearless, a leader.

We are told that weakness is the opposite of strength and weakness is undesirable.

If you let yourself believe that this "strength" or the illusion thereof is more important than being truthful (with yourself and others), what do you sacrifice? Is it "worth" it?

Do we put ourself in our own way by steering ourselves away from the truth?

Our feelings are REAL. They are an indicator of our thoughts. Bottling them up or ignoring them only creates more lies... it puts distance between our true self and the self we project.

Why is so difficult to own up to our feelings? Why is it so 'inappropriate' to cry, to let go, to release and just FEEL it? Wouldn't this enable us to have a more truthful and honest relationship with ourselves and with others?

Plus it feels so good...like letting the air out of a balloon that is about to burst.. catharsis. The weird thing is - we are in control of how much air gets into the balloon. Sometimes, it is our responsibility to RELEASE enough to keep us from exploding.

Love,
M