being okay with being you

I notice zombies’ everyday as I float about this here world. Many people, I notice, spend more than half of their lives in a cage, boxed in to an idea of how they (think) they are supposed to live. They struggle all the while trying to refute the truth their heart speaks to them. For it’s silently shouting: don’t be afraid to be yourself; while society and their insecurities whisper even louder: but, it’s easier this way.

There’s not much difficulty in just blending in and going through those monotonous motions, doing things (or not) based on the opinions of others, frozen in one’s tracks by anticipated judgments, and limited by un-written, made up “rules” that came from somewhere that no one can ever identify.

Essentially, these “rules” are an accumulation of thoughts oozing from souls afraid to live on purpose, uncomfortable in their own skin, and timid beyond a reasonable explanation.

So, us zombie observers turn around, look them in the eye, and ask the question: is the one who lives this mundane existence really living fully and passionately? Do these binds allow one to spread wings and be free in all aspects of one’s life? Or are they providing the perfect ingredients for living a life of limitation and fear?

Well, upon conclusion, we learned that eventually you begin to understand the language your heart has been speaking all along. You start by wondering if there isn’t something greater for you to do with your time in this life. And you slowly come to realize that living your life by the standards of others, or simply for others, is a sure way to suppress your spirit into a drab slab of blah.

Then begins the mental peeling away of the box, the gradual stripping of the fear, and embracement of one’s truest essence.

There goes limitation! (Wave, you won’t see it again).A smile follows. Your skin settles into itself.

And now, you may live your life.