March 18, 2025
Here is a reminder that the world needs you to show up as the truest version of you.
Good Morning!
It’s a contemplative day for me.
It’s interesting to realize just how influential people can be in your life. The commonly referenced study of, “you are the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with.” seems to hold so much truth. Its interesting to realize that we unconsciously take from the conditions s and habits of others and make them our own. Believing, that we are acting in accordance with our true self.
It is true that through seasons of self-discovery, spending more time alone is what allows you to see the layers that exist within you. To ask yourself, who am I? Is a simple, three-word structured sentence, but the energy and depth of it can be so twisted and confusing. It makes you wonder if there really is a true self that exists beneath all of it.
Did we truly begin as a blank slate?
Perhaps, we will never know.
For me, it seems important that I take refuge within myself. To turn off all the noise and separate myself from all the influences and just be with my own thoughts. Over time, my self reflective, present-practicing skills have followed me and I feel like I’m showing up in the world differently and actually, making different decision’s for myself.
I have been sitting so much with my habits and thoughts lately. It’s been humbling. Right now, I want nothing more to really learn to love who I am and allow myself to have the dreams and desire that I’ve always wanted. It’s been interesting to realize how much I would talk myself out of wanting what I want and being who I really wanted to be.
With that said, I pray you allow yourself the space to be who you need to be right now, without the addictive emotions of guilt and shame that are often ingrained within us.
Here is a reminder that the world needs you to show up as the truest version of you.
Love always,
Ariel