It came to me recently. In a thought, in words in a book, in something that someone said.

When it comes to me, I listen. Because it's me speaking to myself through others.
I listen to every word.
Especially the ones I don't like to hear.

I listen to them most closely.

However when this came to me, it didn't hurt my ears. It resonated immediately. With my heart.

"Forget yourself."

I also heard, "Forgive yourself."

Forgive myself for all the things that I hold myself hostage over. The things I make myself wrong for. You know those things. You do it too.

I heard, forget yourself and forgive yourself. So that's what I'm doing.
Right now.

I keep forgetting myself. Getting myself out of the way. Knowing that life goes on whether I'm here or not. So I might as well, get to being in the rhythm of it all, without getting stopped by my own obstacles of fear or anger or frustration.

I love this bit of advice that has come to me. And I've chosen to truly forgive myself in each moment that my "stuff" boils up to the top.

Now this does not mean, Forsake yourself. It does not mean, You don't mean anything. And it certainly does not mean that what you have to offer the world means nothing. It means, forget and forgive the stuff that gets in the way of giving yourself fully to life. And if that means giving up the approval of others, then that is what is meant by "Forget yourself."

Give it up. You are the most important part of this equation of life. Each of us is here for a reason. Because we are an important part of the equation. A part without which, the world would look vastly different. We may not see this, because there is so much else to look at. We get distracted. We forget what's important. Just because we cannot see it, does not mean it is not true. We could see the Earth was flat, but that didn't preclude it from being round.

What you cannot see can still exist.

Read that again.

What you can not see can still exist.

So if you're thinking that you've got it all down, got it all handled, got your logic in order, because of what you can see; get out of your own way. What there is to know in this world is vast and beyond our imaginations. However, that doesn't mean that we are inconsequential.

We are a part of the workings. Every time we make someone smile or laugh, we are of consequence. Every time we give another in trouble some relief, we are of consequence. Every time we show someone the truth, in our actions or in our being, we are of consequence. When we stand in the way of any of those things happening, because it is not enough for us to simply do these things and be happy with ourselves, then we are blighting what is truly possible.

When we hang the bushel basket over our light because of our frustration with life, then we are extinguishing the great gift we have to give in that very moment. When we decide that we are not worth anything in this life, then we are deciding that the possibility of our life is not true or real. What right do we have to decide this? We don't.

So get out of the way, and let the real you step up. Give in every time to your thoughts of fear, anguish, frustration and anger. Let them subside. And then step up. Step in. This is the true you. The "you" worth living for. This "you" is the one that holds all the answers. So let that you come forth and live the life you were meant to live.

No struggle there. No survival. No holding yourself hostage.

Just you. Living. Life fully. As it was meant to be. Forever and ever.

Amen.

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