A friend posted this quote on FaceBook this morning, and I just had to share it here.
“Why are you trying to fit in when you were born to stand out?” ~ From the movie, What A Girl Wants Â
I like to think of standing out as simply being what you are, the truth of what you really are. The ego is all about hiding or ‘being seen’, but there is another alternative…simply being true to your own being, without worrying about what others think of you.
A teacher of mine, Aydahshanti, says freedom only comes when we allow others to have their own opinion of us, without worrying about changing it or controlling it. This leaves us free to simply be. The tulip above, one of many I had in the house over Easter, is a great example of this. It is standing out, being itself, being beautiful and vibrantly colorful. It is simply being what it is.
What if you were to allow yourself to be unabashedly you? and, of course, unabashedly female!
The time I am most being myself is when I can talk about my mental illness openly and honestly and not worry about what others think. They need to know what I have to tell them so that they can remove the stigma from their eyes and see things more clearly.