Alter Native

by Megan on December 6, 2011

Change is something I’ve been …researching.

In all the obvious outward ways, sure.  But the rumblings comes from inside.  The ideas and directions that need changing, the shifting that needs to happen in order to stand up as myself is not accomplished in a move, or a new ‘look’ or a different career.

Alternate the outward changes with Inward focus. Spend time listening deeply to the truth that is nestled next to the birth, and the death.

Changing  yourself on a consistent basis, shaking up your routine and your ideas might help you to see, to feel,  that something holds steady.  The little buried truthful you.

Do you let the world dictate your moves?

Or do you Follow a voice from within?

What can you do to become comfortable with altering your views?  Yourself?  What is the most authentic outward reflection of the truth that you are today?  And can this enable you to be more generous with the world?

I am not building a great structure that is called ME.  But only letting every little false identity fall away to reveal the simple truth that I came with.

Alter Native

Alter Native

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Tagged as: Authenticity, Change, Inner Voice

  • Ellen

    Love the photo, but how on earth did you do it?

  • http://twitter.com/mommyhoodnxtrt mommyhoodnextright

    This is beautiful. Love!- “I am not building a great structure that is called ME.  But only
    letting every little false identity fall away to reveal the simple
    truth that I came with.”

  • http://www.erinmargolin.com Erin Margolin

    oh megan. i love this. and it just made me cry. for so many reasons. i don’t even know who i am, where i’m going, or what i’m doing right now. i’m a mess. and so many inner voices talking. i can’t drown them out. and i want to be perfect. i want to please everyone. but i can’t. i know i can’t do it all. but i run myself ragged trying, just like my own mother did. sigh.

    • Ellen

      Hi Erin, I just wanted to say to you, I’ve been there, done that, ran myself ragged til I almost collapsed, and there isn’t one person on this earth who is perfect, just be yourself, a human being, take it easy, slow yourself down, one step at a time, and you’ll find yourself doing it all after all, that’s how I achieve many things, as for your inner voices, try stopping for a moment and think, “hold it, slow down, give me a break” try closing your eyes and just breathe. Remember, you’re not alone, I’ll finish with my best wishes to you, and Good Luck.

  • Trish

    ‎”Your body is free but your heart is in prison. To release your heart, you simply reverse the process which locked it up. First you begin to listen for messages from your heart—messages you may have been ignoring since childhood. Next you must take the daring, risky step of expressing your heart in the outside world. . . . As you learn to live by heart, every choice you make will become another way of telling your story. . . . It is the way you were meant to exist. If you stop to listen, you’ll realize that your heart has been telling you so all along”. ~Martha Beck
    Hugs again, Trish

  • http://life-accomplished.com/ Tonya

    Changing  yourself on a consistent basis, shaking up your routine and your ideas might help you to see, to feel,  that something holds steady.  The little buried truthful you.
    Love that!

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