BE YOUR OWN STORM

I am a big fan of people expressing their individuality. That original essence of us all that existed pre birth, pre all the programming and pre what the world told us to be. It’s like being an old vintage car with all the original parts that has been remodeled. There is something authentic and poetic about a piece that’s been restored to it’s former glory – but with new shine! When it comes to people, we don’t seem to share the same value system!

One thing that we seem to be very scared of is creating conflict. Now there is something to say for someone who is a “battle axe” for sure. Only or always conflict is also not balanced! But sometimes by just being you, your essence will create conflict! And this is often linked directly to your purpose in life!

The problem is when we start to interact with the world with our masks (the parts that we’ve put on to our ‘original parts”) to help us survive relationships. Sometimes we learn coping mechanisms like conflict avoiding behavior (we compromise ourselves and our choices revolves around what someone else wants, just so that we can keep the peace). This can be because we were taught to compromise for those we love at all costs in order to keep the peace (which is a belief system). Or perhaps, in the past, when we stood up for ourselves and “caused” conflict, we were labeled, branded even abused for standing up for what we wanted.

So we learn to keep quiet to keep the peace. Or, if we are in a co-dependent or unbalanced relationship, we keep quiet to keep the one we love happy at all costs.

All of the above examples equal one thing to me = SELF-BETRAYAL. And that price for me, is too high. I will not betray myself to keep the peace or to keep others happy all the time. Off COURSE there is something like a compromise in a relationship but NOT all the time and NOT at all costs!

My message with this image is – BE YOUR OWN STORM. Storms can be beautiful! Storms bring rain and storms bring CHANGE!