The invitation here is to experiment and play with your actual day-to-day experience (your personal reality). You know, all the things we typically experience during our day. How we interact. How we feel. How people treat us. What usually happens.
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Often times fear is a sign that we are stepping into our grandest, most audacious selves. Fear doesn't knock on the door of those who play small, staying cozy in the solace of their comfort zones. Rather fear creeps in when we decide to leave the boundaries we have deemed as safe. For many of us, fear is most prevalent when we put ourselves out into the world-- giving a presentation, leaving home for a new city, approaching an attractive stranger, etc..
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We all are likely familiar with the universal law of karma, which embodies the concept that whatever we put out into the world will eventually flow back to us. Today I would like to apply this notion to the state of our physical bodies. How we treat our bodies has everything to do with how our bodies treat us.
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The odds of being born are about one in 400 trillion. We are flesh cocktails-- within us all is a universe of bacteria, cells and chemical reactions that maintain a balance harmonious enough to sustain our existence. Essentially, we are miracles--- walking, breathing, speaking miracles moving through life.
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Ever observe people in love?
Their love spills onto everything, right? They'll love up the store clerk. They'll love up the rainy day. They'll even love up the traffic!
And it doesn't matter what or who they're "in love" with to have this effect. They can be in love with another person. They can be in love with themselves. They can just be in love with life itself.
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We often hear that our world, and our relationships, mirror back to us how we're acting and behaving. Oftentimes, people think that this simply means what's being reflected back to us is our treatment of others…what some people might think of as Karma, so to speak. While this may also be identified, from my observation and experience, this isn't the primary mechanism of how this "law" works.
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Between every aha moment and the action that gets things moving is a pause. During this pause, we decide whether or not we are well-equipped and ready to go for our desires. In other words, we quickly assess whether or not we are worthy of this thing that we seek.
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Childhood is a time of discovery and experimentation. A child's work is play--spirited, uninhibited play. Children are not concerned with pleasing others or creating a certain outcome from their efforts, because they are fully immersed in the present moment.
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The scope of possibilities presented to women by society may be narrow, but the reality of what exists beyond a rigid society is boundless. The difference between the woman who breaks past these societal boundaries to do what she sets out to do and the woman who meekly stays put in the corner is anchored in self-belief.
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It's easy to begin. You are bright eyed, bushy tailed and ready to make some changes. Things grow difficult once the initial excitement wears off and doubt settles in. It becomes evident that this thing you set out to do is hard and you begin to question whether or not you are up for the challenge. This is when you need a reminder to stay strong, to keep going despite the roadblocks you encounter.
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