03/15/2018
There comes a time when you no longer have to be an other-than, an outcast or outsider, in order to find your belonging. You no longer have to feel special or to define yourself as different in order to know that you are unique and worthy, just as you are. Not in relation (or non-relation) to others, not in comparison to others, but in your sovereignty, you know that what others are doing or not doing or being or not being has little relationship to what you are doing or being.
Rather than needing to rebel against them or to contrast yourself as not-them, or beyond-them, or even not-yet-them, you no longer need juxtaposition to others in order to define who you are. You no longer need to edge up against the boundaries of others in order to find your own. You know who you are and you are in integrity with your essence and self, without reference to outer energies and other beings.
Ah, then, you are truly inner-resourced. A deep sigh of YES whispers within you. And you just go along with them when it is a Yes for you and not with them when it is a No for you. None of it means a thing or proves a point but that you are listening to you. And in that awareness, you notice that you never were and yet always have been and will be them. The them you’ve righteously defied and so wanted to not be like, yep, you are them and simultaneously you are only you. It’s a blessing to give up contrast and competition and rebellion. This is where freedom blossoms.