The Easy Way to do Hard Things.

Let’s talk about ease.?

Every day, we’re doing this inner work.?

Timeline. Parts conversations. journaling. And more!

And doing it makes our life wayyy easier, right?

It’s my belief that we were placed on this earth as a pure little ball of spiritual light, inserted into a little meat-suit that we call a body.?

The body is one layer on top of our little spiritual ball of light.?

Then there’s the language we learn.?

Then there’s the stories we’re told.?

There’s the stories we tell ourselves.

The traumas and all the things that add layer after layer after layer on top of our light…

And then our light doesn’t shine very clearly at all.?

Now, you could lament…?

“Why did this happen! Why do we still allow this to happen! Children being born shouldn’t have to go through this!”

But I also believe that everything happens for a reason.?

EVERYTHING.?

So if that’s the case…

Then there must be a point to it all.?

My working hypothesis…

Our little orb of light gets placed here, but it’s not likely that we’ll ever exist as pure light. (Although we try.)

Then we add all these layers of traumas and stories, which dim our light…

But then through our life, as we remove or change those layers…

They take our light and shine it into our purpose.?

(I guess I think of these layers turning into stained glass windows that our light shines out of, but that light is filtered by our experiences.)

So our little light (let’s call it “authenticity”) now is shining different colors and directions in a beautiful way, because of our traumas and stories.?

Maybe you’ve heard this before: “Those traumas aren’t your fault. But they are your responsibility.”

It’s your responsibility to do the work.?

It’s your responsibility to take off the layers that don’t serve you, and clean your stained-glass windows so your light can shine as brightly as possible.?

Ok let’s get back the actual topic at hand: ease.?

The more you are in alignment with your authenticity, the easier everything gets.?

And you get more aligned with your authenticity by stripping away those layers that don’t serve you.?

A critical piece of this…

You aren’t just stripping away layers on the inside.?

You also are stripping away the layers outside.?

This is when you find relationships that don’t serve you, and leave them or change them.?

Or when you decide to throw out the alcohol/candy/weed/cocaine/etc so it’s not in your world anymore.?

Or when you fire a client who isn’t aligned with your vision.?

The more friction there is in your life, the less ease.?

And when you have less friction, you can think more clearly.?

You can just BE.?

Also, when you just BE… you end up with less friction.?

I know this is getting to be a long and roundabout rant…

So I’ll wrap it up here.?

We are doing two things.?

Trust and Forgiveness.?

Building Trust with ourselves and others.

Forgiving ourselves and others.?

We’re doing that through our inner work of timelines, parts conversations, journaling, etc.?

Which strips away the inner layers that don’t serve us.?

Then doing the outer work of action…

Which strips away the outer layers that don’t serve us.?

Clean up your side of the street.?

Let your light shine bright!

And let your past shape your future in the most beautiful way you can.?

Or maybe you don’t vibe with everything I just said, in which case…

Do whatever the heck you want!

It’s your life.?

Do it your way.?

Much love,

Rusty “Shining Brighter” Osborne