Do Not Hide

The safe thing to do is always to hide. We all feel that urge. That option is always there.

But if what you want to do is to live, really live, then hiding is actually not an option and it never was. When you hide, you are making an apology that does not need to be made.

I beg you not to hide. That cannot possibly be what you were brought here to do. I wish that you find the courage within yourself to show your face. To show yourself in all of your incredible light. Hiding is a disservice to the world and to yourself.

I beg you to not make yourself small. Do not apologize for who you are. The world has room for you.

When people really show themselves, it stirs something inside of me. I am often reduced to tears.

Life becomes immeasurably more beautiful and more terrifying in direct proportion to the responsibility you take over yourself.

If you feel dull inside, it can only be because you are not allowing yourself to feel. It is not possible to feel dull when you are not hiding. The walls that separate you from the rest of the world grow thinner and thinner and then become but a thin film. Everything becomes more vibrant and alive, brighter, more expansive. The great teachers say that we cannot even fathom how vibrant and alive and joyful it can all become.

I yearn for that. I want to go home. And I know that you can only walk down that path by not hiding.

Be the owner of your life. Own it all, own your reactions, your triggers. Own your words and your actions. This is where your Emancipation awaits you.

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