The typical Western culture way is very Piscean and is based on living both down the road and back up the road, fearing the future and being victimized by the past. Of course this does not refer to everyone but, culturally, it is a common sentiment and experience. This nis a significant trap for the inner child. She is threatened by the unknown future and tethered to the fear of having what happened in the past keep happening in the now and future. How does one get off that treadmill of same old, same old…hopelessness?
By doing things differently…
By now you have cleared enough debris and re-educated the child self enough for her to be open to and in anticipation of a new life experience. With your adult self firmly established as loving and reliable the child is now able to invest more time and energy into living in a trusting frequency, allowing life to show up and then let him respond and flow.
Up until now, it has probably been a challenge and a frustration to honestly recognize and celebrate all that one has done since the point of incarnation. To reflect on, enjoy, and speak about one’s learnings and accomplishments and successes is certainly not something that most want to hear…to busy suffering or bemoaning their own struggles. As a culture we have been tethered to social mores and expectations that have been less than life affirming. Too little time is spent in taking the moment necessary to breathe in what we have succeeded at when we succeed. The inhabitants of the cultures are usually in comparison to one another, trying to outdo, be better than, more liked. SO, when they do celebrate they are often branded as arrogant, prideful, full of oneself, conceited, and out of line.
Sigh….this very chastising is what has stolen the life out of our cultures and relegated too many to a life of fitting in at all costs, doing and spending everything necessary to make us just like the others…addicted to trends and following while yearning to be noticed and witnessed. Talk about futility….
At first, celebration may be an inside job, reminding our child and adult of what we have accomplished and learned and done since arriving. It is setting aside precious moments to appreciate how we got where we are. This kind of action will fill up our inner self because of its genuine capacity to witness our actions and acknowledge them. Fluffed up on the inside is a sure recipe to light up on the outside. This light becomes the magnet for curious ones to inquire about the changes they pick up. Letting them know is an invitation to jump start their own process of self-appreciation which will likely lead to a whole lot of clearing and release and reawakening.
Once an inner process has started to flow then it is useful to begin to witness the accomplishments of others and reacquaint them with the sweetness of recognition. This can open the door to a flood of acknowledgement that is profoundly healing. And, most certainly, this openness will pave the wave to a generalized acceptance and enjoyment of owning one’s successes to self and to others. Special times and exchanges can be set aside to celebrate one another, delivering the latest , from the seemingly small to the world changing ones.
Each of us has done a lot, learned a lot, achieved a lot. Much of it has been new and there was a process and journey to succeed. Too often we neglect the simple accomplishments like getting out of bed each morning in lieu of the big ones like getting the new job. The cost of this is make the moments of living insignificant, which is damaging. It is not what we accomplish as much as the journey to get
there that has the inner and outer impact that delivers us to deeper knowings about our whole self. For so many who have yearned to be acknowledged, recognized as having value, being capable, there have been too many years of living unseen and unappreciated. We deserve more. And, in the beginning, like so much of this inner child journey, we must provide it for ourselves first. By initiating the flow and giving it the attention it deserves we can activate the universal principles and laws of magnetic attraction to bring forth external recognition and validation.
As always, it is one thing to remember and appreciate inwardly, and it is another to express it verbally outward. It is not so much that we need to be heard as it is that we say it. Telling the Cosmos is powerful, and though there may not be an immediate round of applause, it gives a strong message about what is important to you and just where your focus lies. This is a gathering and attractive force that serves your eventual witnessing.
We, all humanity, have incarnated into a remarkable dimension that has rules of engagement. The deep cost of forgetting is profound. Yet, it is the essential catalyst to activate the journey of remembering and reawakening that each must eventually embark upon. Celebrating self is a multidimensional element that spills over into all of life, acknowledging the stunning and awesome creative source that designed and made manifest this infinite playground. In this now we must cross that threshold that traps our best in unspoken and swallowed words. Let the world know who you are. It shall trigger a kind of thriving we have never known…
