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Be True To Yourself and Do Not Settle For Less
By Viola | June 26, 2007
Be True To Yourself and Do Not Settle For Less
A couple of days ago just out of the blue I decided to get into my car and just drive and drive and stop wherever my car would take me. I drove for 8 hours before I finally booked into a hotel.
Now I’m sitting here in my hotel room listening to the wind whistling, watching the rough sea and trying hard to write some articles for my websites. But nothing, absolutely nothing is happening. My mind is totally blank. I think I suffer from “acute” writers block. The same happened yesterday and I know that forcing myself won’t work. So once again I am giving into the feeling and “give up” for today.
I guess not being able to write comes with having arrived at this big crossroad in my personal life and having to make decisions I never thought I had to make. Even when the time comes and we have to make decisions, make choices that we don’t like or even want…that may scare us and that possibly leaves us without hope… whatever the feelings, the emotions, the fears…we must still stay true to ourselves.
Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk in the close by woods. It was raining quite heavily but the sun tried breaking through and I sat on a wet bench, but it didn’t matter, as I was already soaked. I enjoyed the warmth of the sun as well as the raindrops hitting my face and closed my eyes. I think I must have drifted off for a few seconds when I felt someone gently squeeze my shoulder and asking me with a very gentle, quiet voice, “Are you ok”? His name was Jack.
Jack confessed that he’d been watching me for the last two days and he could “sense” that I was tormenting myself about some decisions I had to make. I couldn’t say a word. I just looked into his eyes and listened to his soft, firm voice. And I tell you, serenity is not seen so much in the face, as it is found in the depth and stillness of the eyes.
Jack said…”you have to be true to yourself, that is the key. Be true to the very best that is in you. Live your life consistent with your highest values, principles, standards and aspirations. Take time to think about who you are, what you believe in, what is important to you. Make the conscious decision that you will never compromise your integrity by trying to be or say or feel something that is not true to you. Believe in yourself and have the courage to accept yourself as you really are – not as you might be, or as someone else thinks you should be. And KNOW that YOU are the most important person. Be true to yourself and do not settle for less.”
Topics: Secret Diary |
July 24th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
That sounds really beautiful. By the sounds of things, Jack seemed to be the right person to come into your life at that moment in time.
Joyce