How I Became Fully Alive
Do You Live Your Life Fully Expressed?
Living in full expression means making choices that honor your desires. It means taking leaps based on an inner knowing or feeling of faith. It means asking ourselves what we crave and what our gifts are and creating opportunities to experience those things. It means not settling for experiences, offers, or people who leave you feeling uninspired or wanting for more.
We live in a society and culture that has led us to believe living a fully expressed life is greedy, selfish, unrealistic, or “not for us.” We’ve learned that the right thing to do is stay inside the lines, fit into the mold, refrain from standing out, follow the rules & conform. We’ve been told that if we’re patient and we work hard... if we play our cards right, we can relax and enjoy life when we’re 2/3 of the way to the “finish line” (if we’re lucky). We talk about life and work like it’s something we have to get through. None of this enables us to live life to the fullest, following our hearts & passions.
Children Are a Great Example of Living Fully Expressed
Our children are the greatest examples of how to live fully expressed. To immerse yourself in the present, becoming curious, excited, and full of adventure. To say something when you feel uncomfortable, disappointed, or let down.
Bruce is an example to me and since his birth I have undergone (& continue to undergo) a complete transformation in how I live, because I want to always be an example to him too. I never want him to feel that he has to dampen his desires to fit in. I never want him to have to spend time becoming proficient in areas of life that won’t serve him when he could instead spend his time & energy developing his superpowers... living fully expressed. I never want him to lose what’s alive and inherent in him now. I spent most of my life holding back, pushing my desires & gifts away as I tried to “do the right thing”, following the path that society told me was appropriate. It was painful & touched with sadness.
When I Make the Leap I Live Fully Expressed
Only when I made the leap to live my life fully expressed, did I feel myself come fully alive.