Belonging

“Your sense of belonging is a reflection of your inner dialogue.  At times you may not feel like you fit in with others. You may feel anxious about your place in the world. This card comes as a reminder to allow yourself to see that you are perfect as you are.  It is not necessary to be like everyone else in order to belong, in fact it is your unique attributes that bring value and compliment those around you.  It is your unique approach to all that you do that will bring you closer to the environment, and the people whom accept you for who you truly are.” 

Our minds can play tricks on us.  There can be a lot of pressure from social media, relationships and media in general to look, act, talk and be a certain way.  We were never meant to conform to a society that is one and the same.  We were meant to be different.  We were meant to have strengths and weaknesses; abilities and shortcomings; talents and struggles.  We were meant to be uniquely us.  Often, we find ourselves in trouble when we start showing up in the world in a way that we THINK the world wants us to show up.  Our minds play that trick on us.  We are simply meant to show up as we are…in all our brokenness and beauty.  The world needs us to be who we truly are, to shine where others are in darkness; and to receive the light when we are in darkness.  This week we are encouraged to love ourselves enough to let our light shine.  We are challenged to show up authentically in the world, bravely and essentially.  Let us value the gift that we are to the world and in doing so, acknowledge the gifts that others are to us.  Perhaps we could start with this affirmation:

“I love myself and bring all that I have to offer. I accept myself therefore I am exactly where I need to be.”

Xo Juli