There is an invitation to discover that we are more than we or others think, much more

The journey within is the most valuable one as it is the route to making peace with who we are and recognising that the answers are within us.

Looking within opens the door to inner transformation which transforms your relationships rather than projecting them onto others

When we look deep within to the essence of who we are, we will find out we are love and that is the perfect antidote to fear

There is nothing you can do out there that will make you enough, the journey within will unveil that you are already enough

Let me know what comes up for you when you reflect on the poem.

How does it feel to be with yourself and reflect?

There is a relationship between your thoughts and your body where they feed off each other. The body can often fire off signals for you to consider the pressure that you are experiencing because you have become caught in other people's expectations

Expectations are powerless until we internalise them and take them at face value as what we are to live by and be judged by

When you create the space to be centred in your awareness you can recognise where the expectations are coming from and whether it serves you to take them on or let them go.

You do have the choice to hand them back with some helpful guidance and let things resolve on their own

Let me know what comes up for you when you reflect on the poem.

How do you deal with expectations that are no longer serving you?

Don't be overinvested in the mind's explanation of the past or predictions of the future. It does not care about the truth only wants resolution and would settle for anything remotely plausible regardless of the truth of it.

Follow your awareness(soul/spirit)
If you believe everything your mind comes up with, you are liable to emotional suffering. Find ways to sense-check these stories/assumptions/predictions/conclusions

You could interrupt the mind's rollercoaster ride by saying things out loud or stopping to write things down as a means of sense-checking. Can you absolutely know that what it is coming up with is true?

The fact that the mind is happy to come up with several explanations/predictions for the same thing should give your awareness an indication that it is not absolutely in possession of the answers

Let me know what comes up for you when you reflect on the poem. Have you noticed how often the mind's predictions don't match up with reality?

Concluding on our capability without trying something is premature.

Expecting ourselves to be great at what we are new to is also not helpful.

Recognise the possibility of all things as a first place to start and from there you can experience unconscious competence in it

If we lack the experience of something, within is the first place to look and not out there

We are conditioned to gain affirmation from external achievements and what we consider failure is the other side of the coin.

If achieving something out there makes us enough and puts us on a high, then failing to do so will suggest that we are not enough and take us on a downward emotional spiral

If we did things because we are already enough then we have a more stable emotional platform to create from. We would do more and enjoy the journey and the outcomes just as much

Let me know what comes up for you when you reflect on the poem.

Where are you seeking evidence that you are enough?

The mind portrays the illusion of a single fixed self while manifesting different versions of that self in different contexts

The invitation is to recognise that you are none of those explicitly but the one who is aware of those multifaceted projections of the mind

The body can through feelings highlight incongruences of the mind and reflect deeper-held beliefs and desires that are more consistent with what is really at play

Over-identifying with facets of our identity to which we have attached our sense of self-worth could result in failed health outcomes and in some cases fatal consequences when things do not go as expected.

Over-investing in protecting a certain version of your identity can be very draining over a period of time and could have serious mental and physical health consequences

Depression is a circuit breaker that is calling you to pay attention to your current way of being and adjust to gain a perspective from the place of awareness so you can make changes

Taking things personally and a reflection of your self-worth can lead you to take decisions that terminate any other possibility in this body of yours

Making SPACE to sit in your true essence of awareness provides the opportunity to access many more possibilities

Sitting in the SPACE of awareness that transcends body and mind opens up infinite possibilities for embracing life fully

This allows you flexibility in trying different things and evaluating what is working and what is not and adjusting accordingly with minimal emotional suffering

Let me know what comes up for you when you reflect on the poem.

What have you noticed about the many versions of yourself that show based on your current context?