Good morning and welcome to another episode of Sacred Spaces.
Today is a little bit up close and personal and yeah it's really good to be able to share the insights that have been coming through some copious journaling over the last few weeks.
Last Sunday I was gently made aware that I've been owning my own business for over 20 years.
20 years!
In fact it's 21.
Some would say and I've said it to myself that I have failed.
That I have little to show for the time the energy and the devotion that I have poured into it.
A mountain of debt,
No sustainable income for my golden years and a vast body of work that on the surface seems to be going nowhere.
And with a capital A and what I do fits into this world.
And this reflection isn't just about business.
It touches every part of who I am.
The business school gurus taught me to find my niche,
Perfect my 32nd elevator pitch and specialize in one thing.
I tried.
Believe me I've tried.
Every fiber of my being rebelled.
I couldn't bottle who I am into a single offering,
A tidy tagline or one market.
The world we live in teaches us to compartmentalize ourselves.
Mainly to suit them and to suit whatever the reality is that other people carry around themselves.
But I've learned that I am NOT a compartment.
I'm not a chimney stack and I'm not a pigeonhole.
I'm a living,
Breathing,
Evolving human being spelled BE-I-NG.
I am a soul having a physical experience.
For years I judged myself for not fitting in.
Now though I'm learning to see the beauty of not fitting into others model of the world because maybe I was never supposed to.
In taking the work that I've been inspired to create and the business out into the world,
The business that is an extension of me,
I have sat with the conundrums of what the business schools and business gurus have advocated again and again.
How do I package what I do myself and what I offer to the world as service?
How do I speak to the value I offer beyond owning a business?
As a mother,
Facilitator,
Intuitive,
Strategist,
Change expert and storyteller.
When all of it is me.
After years of journaling,
Contemplation and honest conversations with those who get it,
I have found my own truth.
I am NOT here to be one thing.
I'm here to be all of me.
Integrated,
Whole and real.
Through these years I've created brands,
Products,
Programs and spiritual offerings.
But each time I try to define myself by what I do,
I felt more and more fragmented.
The shift only came for me when I realized that I'm a process and in process of being a living being becoming whole.
The analogy of the diamond comes up for me.
And like a diamond I have many facets.
We don't admire a diamond for one of its facets.
We see the brilliance of the whole.
And it takes a skilled diamond cutter to bring out the brilliance that is found inherently in the stone.
And so the question came up for me.
Isn't it time that I become my own diamond cutter?
And so instead of trying to hide or organize myself into parts that make sense to others,
Isn't it time that I own my own brilliance in all of its facets?
And this is not my ego speaking.
This is my soul.
Because I take me with me wherever I go.
Whether in a boardroom,
In a circle,
With a client,
In the quiet of my inner temple,
As a mom with my children.
And if this is true for me,
Then surely it is true for you too.
What I bring to my world is a God-given gift of being able to see the gift of the brilliance inherent in others.
Their diamond selves that are their soul's brilliance.
This is present in people,
Businesses,
Stories and systems.
I am so grateful that this is one of my superpowers and one of the facets that is me,
That is my I am,
That I bring to the world.
I have come to know that I am multi-dimensional and that I was never meant to be or to fit into being one thing.
If this is resonating for you,
Then here is my invitation to you.
Let go of the pressure to be one thing.
Let go of the guilt of not fitting in.
You are not too big,
You are not too much.
Let go of the belief that your multi-dimensionality is confusing.
You are not what you do.
You are not your titles.
You too are a multi-dimensional being,
Whole,
Holy,
Multifaceted and here for a reason.
Isn't it time for you to see yourself through the beautiful facets of your soul self,
To see and own your brilliance,
Because we,
Your world,
Are ready for your light.
Thank you for being here with me and thank you for walking this path with courage.
It makes it a lot less lonely for me too and if this resonated with you,
I'd love to hear from you.
Feel free to share this episode with someone who needs the reminder and if you're walking the same path,
You're not alone.
Blessings be to you,
Beloved one.
Until next time,
Namaste.
