Thought for the Day ~ Authenticity is Your Superpower

Always do your best…….as you mature, make sure you keep rising. We have to continue upward on our learning journey. We must go beyond our dreams, and we must keep going. Children are not afraid to shine their light and it’s the reason that we find them delightful to watch. But as life goes on, we retract or alter the way that we show up in our world. We allow our light to dim, and we lose our connection with the authentic spirit within us. Before we realize it, we are making choices from a different place. The place that is fearful of showing up authentically, and so we stop being ourselves. That is the power of fear. It convinces us that our power is somewhere out there and if we conform to what society suggests we do, then we will be okay.?Nothing could be further from the truth. You see that part of you that keeps whispering that you are not enough, has failed to realize that all that you will ever need is actually a part of you.

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So, don’t keep looking for your safe space in people and places. Don’t seek validation out there; look for the light in yourself and use it to trust yourself to navigate life’s twists and turns. As hard as life can get at times it is much easier to handle the rough terrain from our place of power. The place that knows we are enough. The place that nurtures us to have the courage to show up authentically. Because pretending takes effort, it’s mentally and physically exhausting. So, we must always remember that life is throwing things at us to bring us back to our most authentic selves. Our foundations may be shaken to our roots, with only the parts of us rooted in authenticity able to survive. Your vulnerability is actually your strength. So, lean in and trust your soul and spirit to carry the way. Be brave enough to be you. And so, it is. Namaste.

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Michelle Obama said “Many of us spend decades crossing and recrossing the same psychological terrain. Fear is physiologically potent. It hits like a wave of electricity, calling the body to alertness. It often jolts us in new situations, as we encounter new people and new feelings. Anxiety, a close cousin to fear, is more diffuse and perhaps even more powerful for its ability to agitate our nerves even when there’s no immediate threat, when we are only imagining how things might possibly go wrong, afraid of what could be. But as we move from childhood to maturity, the questions remain basically the same. Am I safe? What’s at risk? Can I afford to make my world a little bigger by embracing something new? We may not scream and run away like we did as kids, but we still retreat in other ways.”

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By Lisa Scott Executive Life Coach