LETTING GO OF OTHERS' EXPECTATIONS OF WHO YOU SHOULD BE

Many of us have spent years creating stories about ourselves based on other people’s ideas and expectations, then we struggle through life trying to live up to these false images that we agreed to.

But there comes a point when you say to yourself, “This is who I am - no story needed.” At that moment, you see your inherent perfection, and this realization is all you need to enjoy life. Form this new perspective, you can change your life in any direction you see fit, because you now have the freedom to choose. You have stopped trying to live up to someone else’s beliefs and ideals.

As a result, yo do not make changes in your life because you feel you must do so to love and accept yourself; rather, you make changes from a place of self-love, to express yourself and experience more of life, because you already know there is nothing you need to do, nothing you need to attain; you are perfect exactly as you are.

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Remember to enjoy your perfection today. You are perfect; you are life.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.