Don’t apologize for who you are
Be yourself no matter what they say. –Gordon Sumner, aka Sting
There’s no one alive who is Youer than You. –Theodore Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss
Our first assignment at the SoulCollage retreat I attended earlier this month was to make a card using only two images. I’d brought a small stash with me in my carry-on, and I asked myself which image was strong enough to carry a card all by itself.
This one, which I’d chosen at my very first SoulCollage workshop and saved ever since, came immediately to mind. The background image I’d found only the night before. I think they’re perfect together, and I love the strong, unapologetic energy of this card.
Toward the end of the retreat, we were assigned to write down a question, draw three cards blind (face down), and ask the cards’ advice about the question.
My question was about how to make nice in a situation where I’d been thrown together with someone who probably wouldn’t have chosen to spend any time with me, and vice versa. This card was the first I drew, and her advice was simple:
Don’t apologize for who you are.
What good advice this is.
Just because someone may be judging, disapproving, reacting, doesn’t mean you’ve done anything wrong. Sometimes that’s just what people do.
Each of our personalities is, in my view, integral to the sacred missions we’ve each come here to carry out. To learn and grow, to love, to face and overcome challenges, to resolve karmic debts, to move closer to the realization that we are all one.
So be yourself, your best self, no matter what they say.
This post is illustrated with my new SoulCollage® card Queen of the Night.
SoulCollage cards are for personal use, and are not for sale, barter, or trade.
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