How Do You Hide?

Our fear self wants us to be safe and viable. And so it tells us to hide: to hide our heart until we are perfectly safe and perfectly assured of love and appreciation. To hide our gifts until the perfect moment with the perfect people. To hide our expression until we are perfectly wise and capable. To hide away from action until we have the perfect conditions and the perfect energy.

Our true self tells us to burst forth nonetheless. To express ourselves fully, to build connection, to use our talents, to develop our potential, to seek out our joy and adventures. But the voice of fear speaks to us strongly, and tells us to stay hidden because we are not perfect and the timing isn’t right and everything isn’t exactly the way we want it, so it isn’t safe to show ourselves fully yet. I am no different. When I give in to my voices of fear, I hide.

In the spirit of coming out of hiding, I want to share with you - in my own voice - this little tale of how my fear self tells me to hide every day, even from you.

Living a life without fear is not about having no fear. It is about seeing ourselves fully for the beautiful human beings we are: fears, heart and all….and choosing every day to live our greatest life, beyond the voices of fear that tell us to hide.

I look forward to seeing you come out of hiding….just a little bit more every day will do.