“You usually do not try to describe your relationship with your leg, because you understand that your leg is you.”
~ Abraham/Esther Hicks, The Vortex
You may be unsteady on your feet because you’ve lost a part of yourself. Don’t circle the house wondering where you left it or scan your companions for signs of thievery. Ask yourself when you last saw what you’re missing.
Where did you leave the truth?
If you’re hyperventilating with anxiety or blaming someone else for the hard row you’re hoeing, at some point you parted company with a vital bit of yourself. Maybe you gave too much at the office and had to strap on a flimsy excuse to make it through the day.
FAKE feels like an extra limb.
Pretending is an amputation that’s having an identity crisis. Follow the weird tracks back to where they join again with your standing-tall self – figure out where you started to tilt. Then count your limbs and remain intact.
TRUE feels like reunion with a missing part.
{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }
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Flickr photo: a frivolous moment, by jenny downing
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Wahoooooo Grace!
“Pretending is an amputation that’s having an identity crisis.”
*That* may be one of the most on the spot bits of wisdom EVER!
Truly wonderful and timely. Thanks Grace.
“Fake feels like an extra limb.” That’s my favorite. And it weighs us down like needless cargo does too. Your post gets right to the heart of things, as always. Sometimes the extra limb is easy to dispose of, but sometimes it’s superglued, duct-taped, and wrapped in cellophane … which takes some effort and thoughtfulness to extract!
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