How good are you willing to get?
The incredible joy of embracing that we humans, we are built to evolve and grow into increasingly beautiful versions of ourselves. So, how good are you willing to let yourself get?
I know you’ve heard this phrase.
How good are you willing to let your life get?
It’s such an evocative question, it always leads me to consider where I might be settling for less than what I truly want. I love this question.
But I’m asking this from a different angle - how good are you willing to let yourself get?
By good, I don’t mean “perfect”, whatever the hell that even means. I don’t mean any of the measures of success, goodness, or social status that you might judge yourself by or that you think you *should* have.
I want to tell you a secret.
It’s not really a secret, but it’s something I believe we forget. Our willingness to be an unapologetic yes for ourselves, on our own behalf, is magic. It turns our attention back to where we can, and do, have agency and power - ourselves, our choices, our most cherished desires. And then, all of a sudden life itself seems to hand us more joy, more abundance, more love… so turning our attention to ourselves (instead of focusing on how life isn’t what we want) gives us access to more of the good stuff.
So really, how good are you willing to get?
How much aliveness are you willing to experience?
How much learning, how much growth, how much insight about yourself and your life are you willing to embrace?
How much intimacy are you willing to cultivate with yourself and those around you?
How lit up are you willing to be by who you are and who you are becoming?
What are you willing to take on to be that woman?
Because it requires effort. Shifting actions, saying yes to new things, no to others. It requires processing emotions, rewriting inner narratives, getting support… yes, it requires effort. The kind of effort we are built for.
But, there is an ocean of difference between feeling somehow flawed and wanting to fix yourself versus knowing that you are whole in your humanness and wanting more of that innate, beautiful energy to fill your life.
The path of judgement and fear is not only effortful but exhausting - it is often tied to a desire to be “perfect” or to fulfill someone else’s expectations. It never lasts. Please lay that down.
On the other hand, resting in the light of your humanness and wondering what is possible, envisioning what you might achieve, learn, and become because you are curious and interested to see who you can be - that is the kind of sustaining motivation that builds not just a life, but a masterpiece. This is the energy that moves into action from enthusiasm, love and a deep knowing that we humans, we are nature, and like nature, we are built for expansive growth until the day we die.
How are you evolving and growing who you are?
I always like to be playing at my edges, expanding my understanding of myself and life and how I am being pulled to grow by life. I am grateful that this urge to grow is no longer fueled by judgement and fear. I know that because you are here (thank you) that you, too are someone who is willing to grow and evolve.
So tell me how good you are willing to get, and where you are evolving more fully into your you-ness.
PS: For paid subscribers, this month, I’ll be sharing a recorded Yoga Nidra, one of my preferred spiritual practices that support healing and growth. If you want to subscribe, I’d love to have you be part of the inner circle of The Wild Journey Home.