Personal growth can be hard stuff at times. You have to be brave enough to look in the mirror and really embrace what you are trying to do. Sometimes it is not easy looking at the parts of yourself that you want to change … or that have been made apparent that you need to change. Funny how that happens.
There is a universal truth though, that when that happens, either it is made apparent to you or you decide to work on “something”, help is always right there in front of you. Call it God. The magic of the secret. Synchronicity. The Universe having your back … your materials for personal growth are always there in front of you for your use when the lesson comes.
Doing the work, sometimes can feel dark and quiet. Very tough. You can think about it like the metamorphosis that a caterpillar goes through, to emerge as a butterfly. It can be hard work, but again, you always have the help needed. And with faith you know it is worth because on the other side is better, higher quality of life, high vibration. The ability to fly. However you want to think about it. Read more here.
There is a “place” in this person growth though, that is very uncomfortable and can be hard to deal with. That moment when the cocoon is opening, the new butterfly is emerging … and the new butterfly DOES NOT know that it is a butterfly. The last it knew … it was a caterpillar. So the wings thing is new. The size and shape is new. Everything is new. The ability to fly is so new and different.
Emerging a butterfly from a caterpillar can be uncomfortable, overwhelming and scary.
It is wonderful if you have an emotional and/or spiritual practice that helps you to stay grounded during this process. Staying grounded meaning … knowing how to connect and hopefully stay align with who you are deep down. In your soul. That part never changes. God created you as such, not everything about you needs to change. Just some of the surface things. So staying connected to what you BELIEVE in is critical. Staying inline with that “main line”. Thats important in this “phrase” as it can be so uncomfortable, being that new version of yourself. It can be super easy to go back to old ways that you are trying to shed, as it’s comfortable. I mean heck, here you are with wings and …. you have no idea what those things are. You don’t know how to use them. You are going to have to go on faith that the transformation that you went through will give you want you need to keep moving forward. Thats the scary faith part. Uncomfortable part. Because you feel like there is so much risk. The ground looks so far down … and you have never flown before.
Acknowledging that this “phase” can be difficult is a level of awareness that you can fine tune and help you to “master” the ability to GO THROUGH personal growth. It is a “skill” to travel through personal growth. Hopefully with less road rash than necessary. It’s a double whammy. Learning to do personal growth. AND learning and changing for the particular lessons at hand.
Have faith. Meditate. Be Brave. Keeping moving forward.
Grace and Grit
