01/05/2021
Photography for Good / photo of the day
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To be brave enough to become that which you already are.
We are born with the courage to step into ourselves fully. Somehow even those words hold a knowing that we are both not our 'self' and yet we are also, fully our 'self' ... or have the potential to be - fully ourselves. We innately know this potential exists. We naturally are drawn to fill our own shoes. And yet, at some point in this inner to outer evolution, we get cold feet.
Perhaps it is part of co-existing with the world that we discover our first difficulties in existing as our true selves, fully in the world. ... or perhaps it is the experiences of the world that change something fundamental within us ... or perhaps it is all wildly and perfectly on purpose. Perhaps every struggle, every stumble, every relationship, every past life has a unique and equally needed purpose in fully exposing the light that we truly are within us, and therefore exposing this light with the world that we truly are around us.
To be brave enough to become that which we already are.
Yet, there is an unspoken truth these words hold and it is highly disputed to even be true. It is the simple truth that "what we already are" ... is good.
Often times, the world does not tell us this is true. Often times, the mortals around us do not trust us, nor do they trust themselves. To say we mortal humans are actually "good" in our deepest, most inward place ... one does not have to look far to argue this to be far from true.
And so where does the bravery come from, when you know so many in the world around will simply not see? ... and where does this bravery come from, when you look back through their eyes and simply have to agree.
Where does this bravery come from? There is only one place. And it is the very same space where this truth is actually true. It is deep in the heart of our heart. The soul of our soul. The inner most seed, where the One truth grows.
And so, I dive. To this place. And brave all the no-sayers, both inside my own mind and far outside.
And as I arrive in the depths of my very own heart. I know it. With no need to be told it. It is the only thing that is true. I know with all of my heart.
We are good.
~Mary MillerJordan
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