Spring is a time of awakening and growth. All winter there has been a dormancy in the natural world and also within ourselves. Winter is all about quiet introspection, going within, recharging and replenishing for the coming year. Now spring is here, there is an awakening occurring all over. The trees are gathering their energies for new growth. Seeds in the earth, have been comfortable in the darkness, but now feel cramped and ready to expand. They reach for the light that they know is there, even if they can’t see it. Somewhere deep inside them they inherently know that if they can just keep reaching and stretching themselves, they will bloom and grow allowing all of their divine gifts to shine. That is what we need to do as well.
How can we stretch ourselves to be more of what we are born to be? In what ways can we step out of our comfort zone and let our gifts be seen, to bloom?
One of the ways I am stretching myself is by writing. I have been feeling the nudge lately to write more, and not just for myself as I had been doing in my journal, but to write as a way to share my gifts with others. I was recently reminded that when I was a child and even in high school, I loved to write and thought I would be a professional writer. Somehow along the way, this gift was shut down. Not only did I forget that I ever wanted to write, but I forgot that I could. I had picked up the belief that I had used up all my words, that I had nothing to share, and that words were not my friends. All of these things that I had told myself over their years were untrue and were keeping contained in my shell.
What have your told yourself over the years that is not true? What gets in the way of you being all that you are meant to be?
Besides the limiting beliefs that I couldn’t write and that I wasn’t good enough, there was also fear that was getting in my way and shutting down my aspirations. Fear of failure and judgement can be very powerful in blocking our innate gifts. I definitely felt that. When I did convince myself to write, I kept it to myself. I didn’t want to risk the criticism that I knew would come. I preferred to keep it hidden that take the chance of being shut down by others. But by keeping it hidden, I was keeping those seeds from ever growing or blooming. I was hurting my dreams more than anyone else ever could.
What fears keep you from going after your dreams?
By letting go of these old untruths, limiting beliefs, and fears, I allowed my writing gifts to come forward and bloom. I feel a new excitement and energy about writing. A light has been re-lit, one that I thought had been snuffed years ago. Now it is burning brightly and shining a light within me. And like the seed emerging from the ground, now that this sliver of light has been found, there is no stopping it from blooming and springing forward.
What steps can you take to let your true light shine and emerge from the darkness?
Take some time to sit with yourself, connect with your soul, and ask what gifts it is longing for you to release to the world. Give yourself permission to do whatever it takes to nurture those gifts and help them to grow.
May all your gifts spring forward joyfully!
Happy spring!
