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| Walking off the cliff of what I knew and daring to be unique -- Art by Sylvia Kay |
This Was Originally Posted on Nov. 5/10, but was revised: Aug. 16/11, Jan. 8/13 and most recently on Oct. 18/13.
My celebration of uniqueness is in learning to be unique myself. I've found nothing to feel as wonderful inside as following my own inner sense of "rightness" through my life's moments. In spite of this changing constantly from one moment to the next, leading me some very strange places and forcing me to confront a fear that there won't be any place for me at all in a human world, which at first glance, seems to run on rules; I still prefer to discard and throw away the "rule book". I've done this even though following my inner sense of "rightness" is not an easy task. Every time I break a "rule" by doing something differently from how I've believed, thought or been told it had to be done, I confront fear. However, following this sense has also taken me outside the boundaries of what I knew, thought "worked" or imagined could be possible and has given my life a richness beyond anything money can buy.
My celebration of uniqueness is in learning to be unique myself. I've found nothing to feel as wonderful inside as following my own inner sense of "rightness" through my life's moments. In spite of this changing constantly from one moment to the next, leading me some very strange places and forcing me to confront a fear that there won't be any place for me at all in a human world, which at first glance, seems to run on rules; I still prefer to discard and throw away the "rule book". I've done this even though following my inner sense of "rightness" is not an easy task. Every time I break a "rule" by doing something differently from how I've believed, thought or been told it had to be done, I confront fear. However, following this sense has also taken me outside the boundaries of what I knew, thought "worked" or imagined could be possible and has given my life a richness beyond anything money can buy.
By working to remove some of the tarnish obscuring uniqueness in me, I've taken Gandhi's words to heart and tried to embody in me the change I felt the world required... Everything seems so much brighter to me, when we are each truly ourselves -- embodying what feels best to each of us in each moment and playing our own special, made for us alone parts, in LIFE's play.
Sharing our unique perspectives provides an opportunity to confront different as well as similar and then work to understand both; clarifying our understanding of ourselves and what feels "right" and "good" for each of us in each moment, at the same time. I share my inner journey, from this heart space - in my books and on my web-site at: https://www.sylviakay.ca. This is also the kind of sharing I wanted to facilitate with the creation of my Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/sylviakayfootsteps. You are welcome to read my introduction to this group at: https://sylviakayfootsteps2.blogspot.com/.
When you're finished reading this post and the one below, if you're still looking for more, don't forget to click the tabs on top: "My Work", "Why I've Written" and "Rebirth of SylviaKay.ca".
Namaste
Sylvia Kay
Sharing our unique perspectives provides an opportunity to confront different as well as similar and then work to understand both; clarifying our understanding of ourselves and what feels "right" and "good" for each of us in each moment, at the same time. I share my inner journey, from this heart space - in my books and on my web-site at: https://www.sylviakay.ca. This is also the kind of sharing I wanted to facilitate with the creation of my Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/sylviakayfootsteps. You are welcome to read my introduction to this group at: https://sylviakayfootsteps2.blogspot.com/.
When you're finished reading this post and the one below, if you're still looking for more, don't forget to click the tabs on top: "My Work", "Why I've Written" and "Rebirth of SylviaKay.ca".
Namaste
Sylvia Kay
