self trust over everything

sometimes the most thoughtful and profound people are the ones filled with the most self-doubt.

they examine the world and see the holes, the missing links, the deep pain that so many live in.

this great gift of self-awareness also allows us to see our own weaknesses and work on them.

but we have confused this with an excuse to play small and wait for permission.

because we so often see how people with less of this awareness ruin their own lives and those of others, we may have taken on the belief that audacity = danger.

we think that putting our faith in ourselves means instantly losing ourselves and our morality.

but that is an insidious catch that allows those with less self-awareness to keep winning.

we don’t need to know everything to know that we are worthy.

we don’t need to be saints to deserve good things.

we don’t need to make no mistakes to be allowed space and a voice.

no one is excluded from the human condition of evolution, which entails mistakes — they allow us to learn. contrast is what makes the desired visible.

to exclude ourselves from this is, in fact, more self-centered than altruistic.

because in a way we claim we are not like everyone else — that we are special, that we don’t deserve visibility for our own merit.

our merit has to come from pain, otherwise it’s not real.

our foundations need to be blown up a thousand times before we are worthy of building on them.

but what we forget is that so much of our anxiety about life comes from this inability to sit with ourselves and honor our being.

it is not so much about confidence, but the compassion to know we are just like everyone else — that we will make mistakes.

and also the willingness to pursue our heart wherever it leads us.

the willingness to stay with our heart. to give it the respect it deserves by lowering the mind, and realizing the mind doesn’t always have it all figured out.

this is where being prideful and being dignified can get mixed up.

you don’t need to be loud with your self-trust. you don’t need to offend anyone to go your own way.

most people are stuck in their heads. they have no faith in the human race, and therefore, in themselves.

but those of us who feel this faith have a duty to act on it — even in the quiet of our privacy.

when we recognize the great in us, we recognize it in life itself.

so please don’t let the way things are put you off from how things may be.

if you see it in your inner world, then it can be done.

if you have visions of beauty, truth, and goodness, they have been bestowed upon you for a reason — and you must honor them.

if you have trust in one thing — be it love, truth, or a person — then you can have faith in the creative, organic spirit of true souls on this earth.

and if you have faith in them, you must extend that faith to yourself.

with time, you will find that this seat of self-trust becomes the foundation for the life you wish to build.

it cannot be taken away by any force, and it is a gift that keeps on giving.