The freedom of acceptance and self love – an amazing journey to take.

Dear All,

Well what a few months it has been for me.

So much has happened and I feel that I have changed so very much from the inside out, in so many ways, that it is sometimes difficult to express this to family and friends. Trying to do so has seen them look at me quite aghast at times ha ha ha!!

But just what is it?

What is this strange feeling?

It actually feels like my cell structure itself is different in some ways, though I understand that this sounds quite ridiculous. I literally and figuratively feel like a new version of myself in every way.

I just know that I am so very different from the woman I was 6 months ago. And vastly different from the person I was 6 months prior to that.

The initial change was something that I really worked at, through many hours of self reflection, spiritual guidance, seminars and soul searching. It was a change that I sought out and activated through conscious choice and decision making on a daily basis.

Change brought to fruition via hours of ritual and prayer and seeking.

And then something strange happened.

I began to notice that my reactions to certain situations had changed.

I began to notice that I had this sense of “inertia” at times.

I began to notice a sense of stillness or ” non-reactiveness” to situations that once before would have sent me into a spin.

When people chose to walk away from me as friends or lovers or clients – I was not bothered.

If people chose not to purchase my tap dance syllabus – I was not angst ridden or worried.

When people did not agree with me – I was OK with that.

I seemed to have discovered – or rather fallen into – a new sense of acceptance.

Acceptance of me.

Acceptance of others.

Acceptance of what was.

Acceptance of what is.

Acceptance of what will be.

Acceptance of not knowing what comes next.

Acceptance of my inability to control all the people and situations around me.

Acceptance that all I could control in life, was my responses to all these external forces, as they came in and out of my life.

And this acceptance of self. This self love and acceptance of the flow of life – brought me the most profound sense of peace.

The most profound sense of freedom.

The most profound stillness emanating from my soul – deep within my very being.

And lately I have been giving this sense of acceptance much thought.

It seems to me to be an acceptance that can not be learned through any books or seminars.

It seems to be a feeling that you have to experience, through your reactions to those situations around you, that challenge you the most.

An unwritten right of passage into the beautiful Realm of Acceptance.

An unwritten right of passage that emerges when you least expect it and brings with it this gift of peace and unconditional love and freedom.

Unconditional love and acceptance of you and all those around you, no matter what you, or those around you leave on your doorstep for you to deal with.

I understand that for some of you reading this, it may all seem a little odd and spiritual and perhaps abstract in nature –  and I do apologise for that. But I simply write from my heart and express what I am trying to say in the most easy to read way as possible.

From my soul and what it knows.

And what I can tell you today, is that to get to the Realm of Acceptance is a beautiful place to be.

So I encourage you to go back and re-read this blog. But this time – read it not with your eyes – but with your heart. See the words through the lens of your soul and let its song whisper the sweet hum of Acceptance into your reality.

#DiscoverYouLoveYouBeYou – and Accept You

Christine