Be Yourself

Your purpose is to be yourself. You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh

Dear Friends,

You are wonderful just as you are, my friend.  You are wonderful just as you are.

I took the Washington DC building museum tour recently, and one of the things that struck me during the tour was the builder/engineer/architect's insistence that his vision come alive in that building.  Instead of building in the Greco-Roman style like so many buildings in our area, he based his design on a few buildings from the Italian Renaissance. He had a vision for his project, and saw that vision come to fruition…but as we were on that tour it became clear that the builder had both his vision and also had a deep unwillingness to deviate from that vision.

Our purpose is to be ourselves….but how do we stand in our right to show up to life in our most genuine way…whether that is with our families, in our workplace, in our movement practices, with our friendships?  What does it look like to be genuine and true to ourselves so that we can be more genuine and true to the world around us?  

At the same time, what does it look like to both be genuinely ourselves in our lives and simultaneously listen to and be interested in the needs and opinions of those in relationship with us?  Can we both be genuinely ourselves and also willing to listen, learn, soften, shift with those in relationship with us?

I don’t think those two things are mutually exclusive…I think there is a way that we can be both genuine in who we are, and interested in the opinions of those around us with a willingness to listen, learn, soften and shift when needed.

I hope you have a week where you can genuinely be your wonderful self, with a willingness to listen to those around you.

Love
Krista