You are perfectly imperfect and just because you are a master at something doesn’t mean that you don’t have moments where you forget everything you know and plummet into the depths of what is opposite. These experiences are a part of the dance. They give perspective and help us to see and feel the difference between being aligned and not. With an attuned eye faced inward through these moments, we can begin to see the varied aspects of self, where they live in our body, and how aligned, if at all, they are with our Divinity. If not, they are marking themselves as areas for healing. A split side of us who broke off at some necessary time in our life in order to save the rest of us. Now, in a safe environment, the warrior may still be fighting as if she is still at battle and survival is the only goal. This is the very place that we approach ourselves with so much love and dignity and with a smile we take the armor off of our little warrior and find the scared child beneath. We take her into our arms and ask her what she needs and then we do everything, and I mean everything to relentlessly care for her needs. This task fueled by unconditional self-love becomes the sweet spot of healing the self through intimacy. We are so afraid to look, to see the little warrior with all of her battle scars and tattered, well… everything. We think there is a monster inside and yet, until we look, we will never know that the being inside, the being that is masked as a monster, is an aspect of ourselves. We have made the ultimate mistake of turning away from ourselves and yet we do not know why we can’t feel love or connection. We do not understand why we can’t just be without trying to change the way we feel. Intimacy with others is impossible because we have not found intimacy with ourselves.
Today I will face inward with love. I will help to disarm and uncover the fearful aspect of myself that has dressed herself to fight and I will love her with all of my might and compassion and a deep curiosity for what she needs and a relentless commitment to meeting the needs of this part of myself. And So It Is.
