Own Your Truth

DISCLAIMER: Long rant ahead

“One of the truisms of wholehearted living is, you either walk into your own story and own your truth, or you live outside of your story, hustling for your worthiness.”

If you’re not living your truth, you are living a lie.

I woke up early in the morning, as usual and started my day off with some exercise, followed by a list of other tasks I have to get done for the day. The familiar routinely feeling hits me halfway through my tasks… and I sigh. “Something feels off “, I find myself saying as I get up from my desk for a break. I head into my balcony for some air and automatically I’m met with the incessant humming of the bees and the birds all around. Its serenity fills me up and before I know it, I’m in a meditative trance…almost as if I was floating in the air <haha, I can’t quite explain the feeling>

Next moment I am struck with a profound, yet enlightening thought.

The truth is out there,
the lies are in your mind.
They are a creation of your self-deception
to protect your own wounded self.

“I wondered where that came from”, I chuckled to myself. I hear me asking myself a lingering question…. Who am I becoming?? Do I even like where I am headed, or what I see right now? I knew in that very moment that I got caught in a lie…. a beautiful web weaved by my very own mind. It came to as a subtle awakening of sort as I realized, I have been stagnant for far too long. Indulging in activities, addictions which had a horrible after taste and killed my ability to create far better things.

Come to think of it, any big transformation in my life was a result of me getting tired of my own bullsh*t.

Weird how we don’t even realize the lies we’ve been telling ourselves, isn’t it? All this time, I knew deep down I wasn’t excited and ready to embrace the changes and uncertainties which were unfolding in front of me. Yet, I hoped to pull what off? A lie? That I am improving myself?

1. Making money, friends, going on dates, parties– whatever you achieve can be taken away from you.
2. Your life can take a complete 180 degree turn and you can lose all your memories and money or your friends. But, in the end the only thing, you will be left with is “you”.
3. You can never run away from yourself. The question should be who are you becoming?
4. The people you talk to, places you choose to go to, the work you do– Do you like who you are becoming?
5. To improve on yourself–one must work on their internal character instead of external goals.
6. Imagine what your best version of yourself would look like, talk like, act like with other and self.
7. Step into that now, do those things–embody the change & start acting from that place, your truth, today.

So, go on, Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk, dance and sing your music. Embrace your blessings and make today worth remembering!