By Andrea Wilburn
Your inner life is never as private as you think
Thoughts are not something filed quietly into your mind
Your thoughts and beliefs
Your fears and your love
Quietly inform all that you behave
Even the style of your pretenses
Your inner life is your outer life
A paradox that makes little sense
Except from the perspective of freedom
How life approaches you
Mirrors how you approach life
If you are peace
Peace will come upon you
If you believe you need drama
To distract
To validate
To empower a comparison to others
Then drama will come upon you
We all desire to not have others tell us what to do
Because that is distinctly part of what we are here to do
Know who you are
And knowing your purpose will follow
You are not here to fulfill someone else’s purpose
You are to fulfill your own
We all want to avoid our pain
Because culture teaches wrong beliefs
Pain is weakness
Pain must be avoided
Pain will make you sad
But no!
Sometimes pain can hold a pearl
Its shell is not always an attractive suit
But once inside you will find many answers
One of the greatest finds is
The answer you are looking for is you
Find yourself and you find the kingdom that goes with it
Not unlike what Jesus says
A sword to cut you free from lies
And a kingdom of blessings without sorrows
An experience of love much different than we’ve seen in movies
A quality of love you will only find as you look within
A peace that is not fleeting but instead overflows
Can you be silent enough to listen?
Can you pause long enough to let it find you?
Constant motion is constant evasion
We have far better lessons to learn
Take a few moments to prove me wrong
And see what gifts are bestowed upon you!
You’ve got this.
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This Post is republished on Medium.
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