Click 3 Times; the powerful, magical command, from Glinda to Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz.
You have always had it inside you, you just had to see it for yourself.
This process is long…Yes, a long and winding yellow brick road. I have spent countless hours “reaching” and “pursuing” this sight. The glimpse of seeing what’s inside. What I am “seeing” today, after all these years of feverishly pursuing this sight, is that it is the loyalty to the pursuit of my weight as my protection rather than my excuse. I have used the weight for nothing more than to hold myself back.
The magic of the Ruby Red Slippers is when we learn that looking outside ourselves for our heart’s desire is not the answer. It is within us. We cannot change anything but our own reactions and behaviors. It is the moment we realize that we are the only one responsible for our life and how we live it. We have the personal power and strength to change and create the life we have only hoped for up until now.
Life is a dance. It can be a two-step or those beginning steps of a box step. Or it can be the mash potato, the twist, disco, shake, shimmie, or just plain swaying to the music.
Honestly, what I am “seeing” is what I have fought the hardest to convenience myself I didn’t believe. If I wasn’t fat, it would all be different! I would have a better job; a better career; better relationships; people would like me more; people would treat me differently. What it honestly and truly boils down to….while that may all be true, it is also just a crock…an excuse…not to try. It is my opinion of ME as a fat person that keeps me stuck. If I see myself in a different light, THEN I have to do something about it!
I can no longer BLAME my weight (or my childhood, for that matter) for the things that don’t go my way.
Yesterday, I made a short reference to Julia Cameron’s book, Finding Water. One of the exercises, this past week, was to write a letter. Write a letter to GOD. However you view GOD. The finishing action is to set it aside for a few minutes, grab the pen and a new sheet of paper, and let the answers flow back to you.
POWER-FULL is all I can say. today, anyway. I am still working through a lot of the answers. It is a process…but if you are struggling right now, with anything, I would recommend this exercise.
What about you? Can you take that risk? Can you take that action? Make it a blog post if you need to…..Can’t wait to hear what you think!
This is all so true. It is amazing how many years I spent searching for the answers and I had it in me all along. It does just take a spark of belief in yourself and you can do anything – even the stuff that seems impossible.
We don’t have to travel far to find ourselves, now do we? This morning before rising I was reflecting upon myself as the triple goddess through my three surnames. I will write a letter to the triple goddesses and have great interest to what emerges from my soul to my mentalism and through my hand. A very important blog today, Mz Jules.
Blesed be.
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An absolutely POWERFUL exercise — one that, at least for me, allows me to see all the things I wish were different with tremendous perspective. I learn that things are a part of me (but don’t necessarily define me) and that every event (good or bad) brings me to where I am today (on the proper path).
I am still working through a lot of the answers. It is a process…
Life is a process for sure Jules.. you are working thru it big time!!!
YES!!!
it is hard
it is a process
and we come equipped with all we need we just need to be still and find it.
Oh Jules! YES YES YES!!!!
And just like everything else, living from the place of knowing that we have everything we need takes practice.