Who you really are is enough.

The journey to know ourselves ideally brings us to self-understanding and acceptance. It is NOT a quest for self-improvement. When we open to love and accept ourselves, no matter what, we allow our innate love, power and wisdom to emerge naturally.

"Who you really are is enough."
-- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Dear Mary, 

The above, sent to me in an email, was a light bulb moment. I hope one that sticks with me. I have lots of light bulb moments.. but then I forget them. I seek and search looking for a quote or an experience or a friend or a relationship or an article that will have an instant impact on me. Change me in some way. 

Who you really are is enough... 

I still don't know who I really am. Or maybe I won't let myself be who I really am. I'm not sure why that scares me but I have a feeling it does. It's so easy to sit here in my funk and think about how bad my life is.. which is really not that bad.. it's so comfortable.. it's what I know.. it's easy.. The hard part is doing the work, which would really make things easy. I keep thinking that if people only knew the real me they wouldn't like me. But when people tell me now that they like me I don't believe them. And really.. what does it matter. Why do we need to be liked and accepted by people and where the hell did this come from. I didn't use to give a shit what people thought about me. 

The very fact that I WANT APPROVAL from others means that I believe I LACK APPROVAL. And this means that I DON'T APPROVE OF MYSELF.

What I think about myself is all that matters. I had this discussion with someone yesterday. Be it right or wrong.. what I think is all that matters..