“I say ‘I’m sorry’ a LOT, usually when it’s not necessary. I apologize for existing.”
“I’m so tired of fighting myself … For the last 17 years I spend my days in service to precious elders and give all that I can, yet inside me I feel like I am never, ever enough. The perfectionist in me doesn’t seem to be silenced.”
“I’m so very, very, very tired Caroline! …. I’m at war with myself and know deep down I don’t have to be.”*
Happy Anniversary to us, friends! It’s been six years since the first post at A Wish Come Clear, so I recorded a video, What If You Stopped Making Yourself Miserable and Chose Joy?
Click here to watch the video on Youtube, or just press play and read the approximate transcript below.
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Hello! I’m recording this video to celebrate A Wish Come Clear’s six year anniversary. I started this blog in January 2011, and wow, I am amazed at all that has happened since then.
I’ve learned a lot, but one of the best lessons has been to focus on the energy of joy.
Whatever it is you’re trying to build in life, focus on feeling and sharing joy, and it will grow in ways you can’t imagine.
Friends, this is the approximate text of a talk I gave at Living Spirit Church on Sunday, July 31, 2016, Your Truth Will Set You Free.
Photo Credit: geralt, Pixabay
You’ve heard the platitudes …
Honesty is the best policy.
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
They make it sound simple, don’t they? As if telling the truth was so straightforward. But for those of us who are accustomed to covering up, getting real is … complicated.
When you start speaking up after years of silence, you’ll discover the land mines in your psyche. You probably won’t even know they’re there until you step on one.
The anger and sadness that you stuffed down years ago will rise to the surface … and you will be tempted to turn away.
