THANK YOUR FULLNESS

Our post-Thanksgiving family dinner yesterday overfilled me with food I rarely if ever eat. Wobbling to my car, it dawned on me that feeling full could either numb or inspire; exhaust or energize. We can choose to allow ourselves to be consumed in a food coma or nourished to purposeful action. That’s the real purpose of food, yes?

I’ve chosen the later.

As I navigated the two-hour trip home, the core message that I teach blared through the Beatle’s music I was singing along with: Our deepest fear is that of our own power.

It’s terrifying to contemplate, admit or accept how powerful we truly are. If we did, that would mean needing to take action; fulfilling our reason of being are here; no room for excuses. We’d have to neutralize and let go of those programmed limitations we’ve bought into and manifest our full-ness.

That subconscious programing is the hidden (and hiding) dictator in charge of our lives. From the background, he’s/she’s ordering us stay safe, don’t change, avoid risking, be silent, don’t connect, conceal behind screens, binge watching, overeating.

In other words, that silent but deadly voice insists that we stay safely in denial of and avoid our power.

However, once we pull back the curtain, we expose the small, powerless human using a loudspeaker calling the shots. And once we do, we can start discovering, integrating and accepting our power. In the Real World, that means embracing our positive traits, our abilities, our gifts, our wisdom.

True Purpose

Those traits are suppressed potential. I refer to them as our True Purpose. They’re why we are here, what we are meant to contribute to the world, why we chose the particular life during these particularly challenging times.

Most of us would rather stay in that food/alcohol/social media/Netflix stupor than risk expressing our true power. More than likely those gifts became repressed in an attempt to be accepted, stay safe and (most importantly) keep others safe.

When I was in high school, it became clear that I was not like The Others. I was a sensitive, talented artist along with being highly intuitive. I questioned everything and wanted to understand life – why I am here; what happens at death, etc. Those qualities were not accepted and I was labeled as weird. So, I spent years denying who I was, acting “normal” simply to be accepted in this society.

When I finally accepted those aspects as my True Purpose, my life began to work. Answers arrived and information began to manifest intuitively, and I learned to trust it. Joy, empowerment and self-acceptance resulted.

We negate our intuitive nature. We resist being a healer, a teacher, a wise person, pretending to not know. We become hard on the exterior to shield the world (and ourselves) from our softness. We turn our most precious gifts into faults, banishing them to the trash heap.

When we couple that with a culture that teaches us not to brag, boast, or be proud, we shove our most radiant selves into the darkness. We tell ourselves that we shouldn’t be that. We make ourselves wrong, finding evidence of our too much-ness. Which in turn becomes more not enough-ness.

And we use whatever we can to cope, AKA numb our fullness.

Clues

The irony is, our power is hiding in plain sight. It tries to emerge in all kinds of ways. The universe shoves it in our face, dropping glaring hints, signs, messengers. If that doesn’t work, it hits us over the head. Or as I call it: uses “The pie-in-the-face method.”

But the more those blatant or subtle clues show up, the more we try to ignore them, scoff at them, rationalize them away. And the more our life is impacted, thwarted, stymied.

Why? It bears repeating: Fear of our power.

We are terrified to embrace our wholeness, manufacture zillions of reasons why our power should be thwarted.

But as we move through inner healing, those stories we’ve been living from begin to fizzle away. We start letting go of our concern about others’ judgments and stop believing the lie that we have to earn lovability.

Sometimes we may become even “weirder,” less acceptable. I certainly did, generating lots of criticism from family and several friends who couldn’t get it. But sorry-not-sorry, I couldn’t keep it in anymore.

Full Acceptance

Accepting our fullness allows us to trust ourselves, be authentic in our relationships, and realize we can handle anything. With that foundation, we share who we are, even things that make no sense to others. We start speaking the truth, telling it like it is.

And we can go to bed at night knowing we are being true to ourselves and our inner wisdom.

Making it our number one priority -- honoring our gifts, cultivating and trusting them -- might just be our life’s work. But please know that it’s work for others as well. Our clarity creates space for others to discover their inner truth, their fullness and True Purpose.

When we come from our own wholeness, others feel seen, heard, and understood. And they soften into self-trust, confidence, and unshakeable self-worth.

Fullness is our contribution to the world. And life will never feel successful or complete if we continue to hide from ourselves. We have potent, important and unique gifts to contribute to this world. These gifts will make a difference in your life and the lives of family, friends, community and the entire planet.

Need some action steps? Here are a few to start with:

1. What are you resisting?

To discover your True Purpose, notice what you are resisting doing in life. That resistance is a crucial indicator that it holds potent magic for you. What comfort zone did you buy into? Please note: It’s really not comfortable there!

2. Recall

Let yourself recall what you wanted to do or be as a child. Why did you let that go? What fears or false beliefs did you buy into?

3. Dig deep

Get out your biggest shovel and start digging inside to see why you made those choices. It may take some work, and I’m available to facilitate, but it is worth it.

Your greatest gifts of wholeness are waiting for you. Don’t let that full belly get in the way.

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Royce Morales is the creator of the Perfect Life Awakening program. These time-tested, spiritually based, life-transforming courses and private inner-enquiry sessions escort you to discover and neutralize the origins of self-sabotaging false beliefs to help you discover your True Purpose. Royce is the author of three books about her teachings, available on Amazon. If you feel ready to break through fear-based programming so you can experience true, purposeful empowerment, reach out at Royce@RoyceMorales.com. Check out her website at www.RoyceMorales.com