There is an intelligence at work here in this glorious mess of a life. There is a function to our fumbles. There’s a sense that we are so much more delicious when we’re just a bit broken… broken open to release the richer flavors of our life, broken open to reveal meaty authenticity.
We know this yet we contract when it comes time to lean into the opportunity that our struggles afford us.
I recently wrote that “sweetness is accessible to us even when we’re not perfect,” and I want to expand on that thought. Full-bodied, life-giving nectar is especially available to those that are not perfect. Those of us that stumble, get messy, don’t have it all figured out, keep trying, and don’t hold ourselves to impossible standards - we’ve got the goods.
The only sweetness that perfectionism produces is akin to artificial sweetener (and that crap probably gives you cancer, sooo). Avoidance of the difficult also has a dulling effect, as overprotecting oneself from the teeth of life results in an existence devoid of flavor: a life of stale bread and sour wine.
Our palettes are designed to crave authenticity. And authenticity happens when we live our lives as an open invitation for all of it to happen without exerting effort to control, minimize or avoid what comes to us.
Our life develops with elegance and texture when upon meeting all of life, we allow it to move us, transform us, break us open, and deepen us.
Yield to the Hands that wish to liberate your juicy center from its protective skin. Trust the mechanism of life that aims to prime you for the soul purpose of revealing your authentic flavor. Be delicious!
For your own self, for your familiars, for the gods!
Part of why I love sitting with clients is because I thoroughly enjoy the process of discovering the purpose each roadblock serves. I love facilitating breakthroughs. I thrive on nurturing my clients’ capacity to be with their life with more spaciousness, insight & agency.
Let’s get curious together. Let’s listen to the crisis in your life, the challenges, the stagnancy and uncover what wants to be integrated so you can move forward.