Who have you come here to be?

Henry David Thoreau said that, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." In reading this you may feel a twinge of pain or discomfort in your solar plexus. Are you living the life you came here to live, or are you lurching recklessly from one drama to another, from one misery to another?

From the moment of our conception we have been influenced by the other humans around us. Our parents, siblings, wider family members, friends and teachers have all influenced us with their perceptions, beliefs, rules and emotions. We have subscribed to these because as children it is difficult to do anything else. Even when we find a voice and learn the 'NO' word we are over powered by the adults in our life and we give in to the considered opinions of those around us. We fall into line with the beliefs of those around us, we play by the rules they create, we learn how to value ourselves based on their values, both of themselves and us.

Somewhere in all this development and information absorption we forget who we are and start to behave in ways to please the people around us. We behave in ways that allow us to get praise and avoid us getting punished or told off. We learn how to keep the peace, we learn to lie to avoid trouble, we learn ways of being that are not our original nature, but which bring us the rewards we desire.

Have you ever seen a young child dancing and singing as if no one is watching. They are utterly carefree and have no concern to what anyone thinks about them. Their faces are usually filled with joy and wrapped in a broad smile. As a child gets older they become more and more self conscious until they get to a point as young adult where they totally consumed by what others think about them. This is not our true self. We are designed to be the carefree child, to live our bliss and to have lives filled with abundance and joy.

No matter where or when this happened in your life, right in this moment you have an opportunity for change. You are at choice to continue living in your own myth or to embrace the courage to revert to your authentic self. Embracing the possibility of change allows the universe to rush to your aid and to allow the process to unfold in your life. It will need you to take regular action and to practice making different life choices day by day, but opening to change is the very first step.

If you would like to see change happen, if you are ready to make a shift in an area of your life then I invite you to start by saying, "I am willing to change." Repeat this often, write it on sticky notes and dot them around your home. Embracing change is the very first step towards returning to the authentic, original you that you have come here to be.

Today I open myself to change. I welcome the memory of my original self. I am willing to change.