“I saw a meme the other day that said the older we get, the uglier we’re willing to go out in public. 🤣And it’s true! After I mowed my yard and washed my car and bathed my dog, I took a shower and still needed to run to Target, but I just couldn’t bring myself to put anything on my face I’d have to take off again later. Is it just me or is that SUCH a pain in the ass? 🙄I got hungry while I was out so I took myself to dinner – and here I am. It’s quite liberating! There’s something so magical about not giving a shit. 👏👏👏”
This post went viral last week. And can I just tell you, I’ve NEVER had a post go viral – but this random, in-the-moment thought caught fire! Maybe it was the algorithm – or maybe there are just a LOT of people out there who know exactly what I’m talking about. 😉Either way, the irony wasn’t lost on me.
I love this place I’ve landed in myself – not just because of the years I’ve been on the planet, but because of the healing I’ve been willing to do and the generational baggage I’ve been willing to unpack. You’d have to know where I came from for that to make sense – why it’s a big deal to go out “naked” in public – but if you’re nodding your head right now, you know of what I speak.
I think the bottom line for me is this: I learned WHO to be, not HOW to be fully me. That conditioning was so deeply engrained that it took losing that version of myself to finally come home to the REAL me. And no – she’s NOT “ugly”, but those deep rooted beliefs sure made her feel that way.
If you’ve been connected with me here for long, you know some of my story…the turning point that almost wrecked me – well, that DID wreck me actually, but that also brought me all the way back to parts of myself I never even knew I’d lost. And the result?
I’m FREE. I’m in my skin – and I like it here!
This is what so many women come to me with – feeling “outside” themselves. Not sure who they are anymore. Not sure how they got there, but have a deep longing to get back to who they ARE.
If you’re one of those nodding in recognition, I’d love to hear your story. It matters, and sometimes just naming it moves us closer. I read all of them – just reply and share away! 😊
