Are You Being Yourself?

Are you being yourself?

Have you considered how much of your true self you keep hidden from the world? Have you thought about why you choose to hide these parts of yourself and what you might be missing out on by doing so?

I know it isn't always easy to be yourself in all situations, but I've learned from hard experience that the more often I am fully my authentic self, the better my life is.

It was only when I pretended I was fine, rather than actually being fine, that I found myself becoming resentful of the people in my life who took me at my word and treated me like I was fine. When I tell people I'm hurting, depressed, or anxious, I have found that the people in my life who matter offer help rather than the criticism I once expected from others when I admitted to my illnesses. Many of them share the same issues and therefore don't judge how I manage my own.

When we can stand up and speak our truth, be our authentic selves, we align our energy with the universe in a way that few other actions can do. We chose this life, in this time and place, and the universe wants us to be happy and healthy here. If you aren't being authentic, your energy is out of alignment with the energy we were born with. That's why we have so many issues when we hide who we truly are.

Take a moment now, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Breathe in, hold it, breathe out. Repeat this several times until you feel calm and safe. Then ask yourself, how have I hidden myself from others? Then listen to the answer.

For me, today, my answer was, "My weight." I've been overweight all my life, but it's gotten more out of hand in the past several years. I don't feel well most of the time, and my body is telling me it's not happy with pain. I hide in that fat girl so people can just look past me because I fear being seen, judged, and found wanting. I've lost weight several times in my life, but each time, I've gained it back. Subconsciously I know that being the center of attention is something I fear and when I was thinner, I was more seen.

Once you have your answer, ask yourself, are you happy as a result of hiding or do you feel you're missing out on things? I know now I feel I'm missing out on things because there are days when my pain is so bad, I don't want to get out of bed.

Then ask yourself, what are you going to do about it. That's the sticking point, isn't it? The action to make a change? I'm going to go back to my tapping practice for weight loss. I felt better when I was doing it and I don't know why I stopped. I have to do something to be more authentically myself again. And so do you!

What are you hiding and how will you now share it with your world?

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