JULY      27

Be Vulnerable withYourself

                            From Melody Beatty's  "Journey to the Heart"

As we go through our days, we meet many people. We learn it's safe to be vulnerable with some, not so safe or wise to be vulnerable with others. But there is one person it's always safe to be vulnerable with. Yourself.

Share  your deepest  secrets  with yourself. Whether  you rise early in the morning and write your thoughts in a journal or take a few moments  throughout the day to bring your deepest secrets to consciousness, you need to be clear, straight, and honest with your­ self. Harboring secrets, ducking, dodging, and hiding from the truth will slow you down. It will block the pathway to your heart. It can even stop you cold if you get enough secrets tucked away.            -

Take time each day to recognize what you think, what you feel.

You don't have to act. The sheer acts of recognition,  honesty, and ac­ ceptance  are all that are necessary to keep you moving, growing, going forward.

Be as vulnerable as you safely can with those you meet along the way, But always be vulnerable with yourself