The Statue
Statues are “perfect.” But they are also frozen and unchanging. In what image is this statue created and why do we aspire to this perfection? If we “Fake it till we make it” are we becoming a “false person?” No. Changing a habit to honor our deepest beliefs is giving birth to our realest, most integral self. “Accidental habits” accumulated and grooved into our brain are not “us.” We are transferring from the human who was “schooled” by our environment into an “intentional self”; the result not just of yearning but of deep thought and moral conviction. We wish to become our own best self, with whom we can be unequivocally comfortable. It just feels awkward at first; like the first day of school. If the journey of life is the endless infliction of slights and hurts small and large will we ever be truly healed? Of course: because we can imagine it. All along we had. The power to bless ourselves; and once you can bless yourself, you can bless others. Will we ever be truly free? Yes, because now we know what freedom is. “I am free.”
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