Ready, Aim, SHOOT!

It takes courage to see your truth. It takes an unwavering trust that you have the strength to see this truth and live it without fear of crashing to the ground, shattering like fragile glass. Truth is the key to freedom. Freedom is our intrinsic right. We are born free and meant to Live free. Problem lies in what everyone else imposes. Sooner or later, we get to some place where we just can't stand it any longer. We resent the shackles disguised as love. "We get mad, we get strong, wipe our hands, shake it off....and we STAND." (that's a little line from a very cool song that's playing in my head right now...thanks to the Flatts!)

Once in a while, when doubt rears it's ugly head and the whispers turn to shouts, I stop long enough to give it it's due. I don't wallow. I don't fight it. I just listen. What is it trying to tell me? Why is it here now? Is it the voice of someone else, or is it the Being that is ME trying to break free? Can this doubt be a friend? Could it be that it's here now because, once again, I am stretching beyond who or what I am NOW? Could it be that instead of a voice attempting to hold me back, it is a voice that means to urge me on?

These are the questions that pose themselves as I write. The morning is cool and quiet. The coffee is hot. The chimes sing softly outside my window and I am finally able to hear this voice of doubt with a different ear. Doubt is not my enemy any longer. Not today. Doubt is an ally that gently nudges me forward, telling me to just keep looking. The Truth, my Truth, is nothing to fear. It is in the midst of doubt that trust appears. And the more we look, the more we find. It's always there, even when we don't see it. Just as the camera captures more than we saw initially, so does our Spirit capture more than we knew we could ever see.