I decided to blog on a whim. I woke up on August 1st, 2020, and the idea popped into my head to blog every day for a month. To my surprise… I executed! I called it Authentic August. And I just wrote. Daily. With no aim but to express myself. To share my thoughts and feelings. My doubts and fears. Hopes and dreams. It was a month of pure creativity. And it felt amazing.
I was tapped into pure self-expression. Creative flow. Sharing with reckless abandon. Not a care about what others were thinking. No fear of being judged or misunderstood. Just writing for the sake of writing. For the sake of making sense of my inner world. And yes, with the hope that sharing my experience would help someone out there – even just one person – who is also trying to make sense of their inner world.
I’d like to create from that space again.
To express my Self.
To step back into Flow.
To once more Play.
This is my intention.
This is the way.
I let go of the need to impress others.
I let go of the need to be liked.
No need to play it small any longer. The universe will continue to present you with this lesson until you finally choose to learn it and learn it completely.
Well… here I am!
I am ready and willing.
Love, lead the way.
-Christian Quiwa
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
– Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”