The Journey Inward

Dear Love, what would you have me know today?

My sweet one, know this…you are enough. You were brought up to believe that life is competitive, and you were frequently compared to others. As such, you have gone through life “sizing up the competition,” comparing yourself favorably or unfavorably to others on any number of measures. This has exhausted you and led you to believe that you can always be doing something more. That you should always be doing something more. You’ve always tried to level up.

My sweet, what I want you to know is that life is not a competition. There are no winners or losers. There are not those who are worth more and others who are worth less. There are not people who are loved more and people who are loved less. You have been given this one life with the body and mind that were designed for you. They were not meant to be like anyone else’s, and therefore cannot be compared. Just like the saying goes, you cannot compare apples to oranges. Likewise, you cannot compare yourself to others. You were brought into this world at a given time to given people under given circumstances. In some ways you were very lucky and in other ways you weren’t. That is true for everyone.

My sweet, live your life seeking the people, places, activities, and hobbies that light you up. Spend less time thinking about what others think of you and more time thinking about what YOU think of you. Spend less time making others comfortable and more time making yourself comfortable. You have done enough sacrificing, enough giving yourself away, enough masking. Step into the light fully and live your life as you want. You cannot live it for your parents, your siblings, your neighbors, or society; to do that is to waste all the creativity within you. Let yourself expand into the full version of you. Keep growing, keep changing, keep evolving.

My sweet, I want you to know that you have my permission to withdraw from competition. Instead, live in companionship, live in relationship, live in connection, live in peace.