The Awakening, Part II

Louisa Latela · February 23, 2009

(Author Unknown)

So you learn to stand on your own and take care of yourself and in the

process a sense of safety and security is born of self-reliance.

You stop judging and pointing fingers and you begin to accept people as they are and to overlook their short comings and human frailties and in the process

a sense of peace and contentment is born of forgiveness.

You realize that much of the way you view yourself, and the world around you is a result of all the messages and opinions that have been ingrained into your psyche.

And you begin to sift through all the crap you’ve been fed about how you should behave,

how you should look and how much you should weigh, what you should wear and where

you should shop and what you drive , how and where you should live and what you

should do for a living, who you should sleep with, who you should marry and what you

should expect of a marriage, the importance of having and

raising children or what you owe your parents.

You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view.

And you begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for.

You learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the

doctrines and values you’ve outgrown or never should have bought into to begin with

and in the process you learn to go with your instincts. You learn that it is

truly in giving that we receive.