dailydatewithgod

We fear experiencing loss.  Yet everything in the way the universe is set up speaks to the power and the truth of cycles.  Part of that cycle is loss.  So why do we fear something so inherent to our reality?  We grasp on and identify with things, ideas, or visions.  We take them on as part of ourselves and so the thought of losing them means we will lose our selves.  Sounds pretty scary to me.  As someone who lost touch with herself because it was not safe to believe myself at an early age, I understand what its like to find something to identify with and want to hold on to it.  I gravitated towards anything that made me feel remotely safe.  I became the religious girl, the reliable girl, the funny girl, and the intelligent girl.  I also became the fat girl, the I never tell you what I am really thinking girl, and the everything is fine girl.  As I have grown closer to God on our daily dates I recognize those definitions of myself as layers on top of the truth of who I am.  My fear of losing them would not actually cause me to lose myself.  In the space of God’s love it became safe to let go and exchange those definitions of myself to reveal more of the truth of who I am and have always been at my core.  Exchanging my perception of myself has given me room to let go of the definitions of myself that no longer serve to reveal the truth of who I am.