“Sometimes people need to leave you. Not to harm you, but to make you strong.”
— Caroline Myss
It’s hard to see the challenging moments of our lives as a gift.
I think we conflate transforming our pain into change and wisdom with being asked to forget and forgive.
I don’t see it as that… Life can hurt, and that hurt can also be the doorway to our freedom and liberation. It can be how we find our voice, our values, and our purpose.
I really do think that if we allow ourselves, we can take our suffering and make it the fuel that causes us to change our lives. We can take the frictions of our relationships, and allow those challenges to be what deepens our love and trust for one another.
You may have been left. You may have felt abandoned. You may not have gotten the childhood you feel you deserved. Maybe your work let you down… maybe you’ve lost people you love.
And yet, are you going to allow those moments to prevent you from achieving everything you’ve desired in life? Are you going to let someone leaving you or cheating on you be the reason you never love again?
F*ck that. Seriously.
What does not allowing yourself to experience joy and possibility prove?
Someone is looking for all of you, and you’re still shrinking because you got hurt?
How will they find you if you’re hiding?
Someone needs the love you have. Someone needs your gifts that are gnawing to be nourished.
And while that someone is out there in the world, and perhaps that will motivate you… the other someone is you.
You feel shame because you let yourself down. You feel depressed because you’re depressing your gifts. You feel anxious because you’re not stepping towards an authentic future that YOU want.
You already know the path. You already know what’s needed.
As Ghandi said, “Be the change.”
You already know what needs to change. Be it.
Much love,
Mark
P.S. Change that lasts happens in community. When you’re held by others, you’re stronger and more courageous. In ALIGNED™, we hold you to your potential, not your excuses. We are here to create more love and a better world. And we need you fully alive in that world.
It would be an honour to have you join us! All of my courses, as well as a badass group of incredible humans, are inside, waiting for you to claim your power. LFG!
Comments +