Small Acts of Self-Betrayal

We all evolve according to our Soul’s path. It is unavoidable. This is what many refer to as ‘fate’ or ‘destiny.’

Yet, along the way, the culture in which we find ourselves will often demand that we follow its edicts. The reasons for this are many.

We find ourselves in an increasingly capitalist world in which a few dominant industries (tech, pharma, agriculture and oil, to name a few) now largely fund and partner with regulators and the media that was supposed bring unbiased information to our tables.

This has made it increasingly difficult to discern the validity of our information landscape. Where there are conflicts of interest, what follows is inevitable bias. So we find ourselves having to navigate our lives from a more intuitive and instinctual space within.

We can be sure…absolutely sure, of what feels right to us and what doesn’t. We can be sure of how our bodies intuitively respond to our environment. We come here equipped with our own detection systems that are in place to let us know what feels right for us and what doesn’t.

Paediatricians have long known and respected a “mother’s intuition.” After all, we carry our babies inside of our bodies for close to a year. If anyone knows our babies, it’s Mama.

This knowing that we carry around inside of us as part of our survival instinct is crucial to pay attention to.

But we’re in a time when we are being told to ignore our own better judgment; that if our judgment is counter to the cultural milieux, then it’s plain and simply wrong.

And it goes one step further.

It’s not only wrong, but it’s shameful.

To ally ourselves with an intuitive response that disagrees with a cultural narrative makes you a dangerous person.

Heavy stuff.

So many turn away from what they know to be true for themselves. Many disregard their own internal voice.

I understand it. I’ve done it. And I’ve paid a price for these seemingly small acts of self-betrayal every single time.

This is what no one wants to talk about.

I have battled my entire life with feeling different. And I have blamed others for their lack of embrace of these views.

But at the end of the day, the only person that needs to fully accept the path that I walk is me.

When I embrace my own unfolding, regardless of the opinion of others, I am free.

And by the same token, when I allow others to be as they are, then even more freedom reigns.

And isn’t this what we all yearn for?

To be as only we can be.

The misfits…the revolutionaries…the weirdos….we end up changing the world. We get people to trust their own oddities; their own footprint.

Decide today, that you will no longer betray what your heart proclaims to be true; no matter what that is.

It might not be the easier path, but we all know that it is the truth that ultimately sets us free.

Loving you exactly as you were meant to be…

Ann xxx