Me Time

If you woke up tomorrow and you were alone in your world, who would you be? If you had no one to force their ideas and expectations upon you, who would you strive to become? How would you live your life?

If there was no one to impress, what would you wear? Would you worry about being the most fashionable and fret that you won’t fit in? Would you obsess about being thin or would you focus on healthy?

If there was no one to force their expectations upon you, what career path would you follow? Would you focus on financial gains, or feed your passion?

What If there was no one to interpret the voice of God for you? Would you live in fear of a cosmic bully, or would you seek to understand love and grace on a deeper level?

There are times when we are so overwhelmed by the pressures of life that we forget who we really are. Expectations fly at us from all directions including family, friends, and society at large. We’re supposed to be fashionable and thin, perfectly coiffed and made-up like the models in the various ads that the media flings at us.

We are suppose to have a career that our parents can brag about and that brings in the bling to impress our friends. Our lives revolve around our career prowess while our soul melts under the pressure of financial success.

We are expected to choose a religion from one of the faith or anti-faith movements that suits our style and then adhere to the rhetoric and mindless jargon without question. We offer up our free-will as a sacrifice to the movement du jour hoping that it will fill our hearts with the peace we desperately need, only to be left with more questions that we had before.

So what about some Me time? What about some time to figure out what we really want and who we really are. How about shutting out the voices that wear us down with their demands, and just listen to ourselves for a little while.

I’m not suggesting we walk away from our obligations and become self-absorbed jerks. I’m suggesting we listen to ourselves and figure out who we are and who we want to become, not based on what others believe...but based on our own passions and the gifts we’ve been given.

If you woke up tomorrow and you were alone in your world, who would you be? Becoming the best you possible will help ensure that those who rely on you, those who trust in you are getting the real deal...not some cheap imitation. How much of you is based on what the world wants you to be, and how much of you is true?

Take some me time and figure it out...you owe it to yourself and those who believe in you.

If you’re not sure where to start, call me and we’ll work together to shut out the other voices until you can hear your own.