If You Deserve Commitment From Anyone, It's Yourself!

It's a scary thing to realize we're all alone.  

We come into the world alone.  

We leave the world alone.  

We may or may not have family and friends, spouses and children along the way... but really, at the core... we know that the one and only consistent thing we can always count on in this world... is that we will always have ourself!  

Hopefully, you are at peace and love with yourself, regardless of your image... because you'll be spending a lot of time together!  

It's true.  If we deserve commitment from anyone... it is ourself.

And yet time and time again, we put our own needs on the back burner.  

We tell ourselves we aren't important.  

We can wait.  

We search so long and hard for others to fill our voids and when they don't we feel neglected and angry... wondering why we feel so alone.  

Forgetting that it's our responsibility and ours alone.  

Now don't get me wrong, I believe the human exchange and mutual connection is vital to our experience here on earth... it's something we all need and search for!  But it should never trump our own relationship and our own experience with ourself and in my personal perspective, God.

The trouble starts when we start putting expectations on others that really shouldn't be there.  

We should never expect anyone else to give us more than they're able.  

Or to be someone they're not.  

Or to shut out the world to protect our fragile egos... never experiencing human connection with any other soul.  

Wouldn't life be simpler, richer even ... if we all took one giant step back to see that life isn't a race or a competition... but about the fulfillment of our soul, lessons learned... experiences gained.  

Wouldn't we all be happier if we stopped trying to please everyone else and gave ourselves permission to make ourselves happy for a change.  

Wouldn't those around us in turn, feel that release of pressure and responsibility that should have never been theirs in the first place.  

What if we could be honest with ourselves and each other about what does or does not work and why.  

What if we were enough.  All on our own!  

What if we were truly supportive, loving, kind and happy for one another... or truly sorry or empathetic when necessary... because we come from a place of wholeness and not lack!

It's not about being selfish.

It's about being responsible enough to be self-full!

And this is what this journey is about for me.  

Getting back in touch with me.  

Getting strong and brave and facing my life and truth head on!  

It's not a fad, or a phase... not a race to be run then I'm done.  

This is a lifestyle change!  

A resurrection of sorts.  

From the fearful and lifeless back to the living and brave.

I encourage you all to consider the same. 

If not now, when?