There are no easy steps to happiness
If you have to think long and hard about something and it feels like a struggle, consider that it is not meant for you. Anything that does not feel right, is not for you. When your daily routine excites and exhilarates you, know that you are moving in the right direction. Every step you have taken has gotten you to this point to show you what you don’t want and what you do want. Anyone who does not do their own inner work, is not meant to be a part of your future. Every meaningful relationship demands that both parties individuate themselves. Nothing happens to you, but through you. Don’t try to rescue anyone. Know where you are, see how far you have come, and know where you are going. You cannot teach someone who doesn’t want to learn. Focus on your own evolution. Do the things you are passionate about. Expand your thinking and take chances to discover the new.
Your soul gets uprooted and thrust into a different place to force you to face the storms of life alone. The metamorphosis that follows, requires you to leave the old version of yourself behind. Step through the doorway to your new future with confidence. The voices from the past will continue to haunt you until you have resolved and healed what hurt you. Throw yourself into change and face the newness it brings. As you transform, you will be able to launch the new you and accept past losses. New relationships and projects may be challenging, but you will persevere. Anxiety might rise within you but still you will move slowly forward.
Once you allow restless feelings of not belonging, your soul will yearn for the place that felt like home. Face yourself, love yourself and create safety and security within. Say “no” to the pain of the past. Say “no” to your inner critic. Find yourself again. Clear the clutter around you to help complete your metamorphosis. Allow boredom. Allow pain. Cry if you need to. Let your emotions flow. Periods of aloneness and the hurt you feel, will be resolved as you withdraw into your cave. Take shelter within. Your pain is yours alone. You hide with your memories and your trust issues. Not sharing hurts you deeply, but who can you share your pain with? Not telling anyone is your self preservation. Build knowledge within you until you are good and ready to share what you have learnt with others. Soon, you will be ready to share what is in your heart. Understand how serious the words of another are, when they are ready to share with you. Put yourself back together again, word by word, sentence by sentence and page by page.
