Everyone likes to think of themselves as a hero.
But to reach maximal potential, one must contemplate when they’ve been a villain.
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19 responses to “Musings”
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Damn. So very true. And now I’m inspired to contemplate and write about my own villainous side.
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Pretty sure I am the villain, anyway. It’s funny, I am my own enemy but a beacon of light to others. And yet they blame me for inadvertently shining light onto their own faults.
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It’s pretty tricky. I just try and solve problems, and that usually gets me where I need to go.
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I feel my shadow is the dominant aspect of my personality, and my light is the timid and meek lamb. Strange I live for others rather than myself. I have to learn to love myself before and accept I am worth living. Bloody backwards everything. People are crawling and climbing up their proverbial mountains and I’m doing a crab walk. Haha.
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That’s a powerful + useful bit of self-awareness, Kalliope!
When the things or ways of being I want to embody seem out of reach, I find reassurance in a notion offered by Rumi: “What you seek is seeking you.” It lessens the load to know/believe that I’m not alone in an uphill battle toward some untouchable pie in the sky…
So I think you’re already on the path to meet/be the person you want to be. I think that desire in your heart for more light, more (self)love, more flourishing, can be fuel for the journey. I think there’s meaning + medicine to be harvested from the struggle, for yourself and for whoever you share your story with. And, even though I don’t know you personally, I think you’re resilient and have made more progress than you probably give yourself credit for!
ALSO, I think most people’s “ascent” isn’t so linear or smooth. Lots of one step forward, two steps back; zigzags; snags and “wrong” turns; loop-the-loops and jumping through hoops; sometimes no movement at all… In any case, I wouldn’t worry too much about how other people are or *appear* to be moving through life. The comparison game is rigged + you’re not here to experience/express life like anyone else anyway.
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Hmm, I hope that my personality doesn’t cross between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Kent Wayne 
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