Let The Divine Within Shine Through

I read a post today at Baby Boomer Life that touched me deeply.

In an effort to stay and get informed for this blog and other writing, I read a lot and do quite a bit of research. As I learn more and more about myself and what it takes it takes to be healthy, it becomes ever more evident that self esteem is such a critical component to health.

Lately I have come across a number of references and themes that seem to weave themselves throughout my research, my reading and thoughts consistently - kind of like reoccurring hints - or signals - requiring my attention.

The issue of self esteem keeps popping up. And often when it does I find myself going through a lot of changes internally. My little self-improvement voice inside saying,

"You still need to deal with this. Remember?"

Over the last couple of years, I have been on a quest to let go of the past and issues from early experiences in my life - particularly attachments to unhealthy and non-productive mechanisms that do not serve me anymore or never did.

And sometimes I am right on and others, I find myself falling back into the same old traps. And then I catch myself and pull out of it and get back on track.

And I have done a lot of processes at self improvement seminars about facing your fears head on - and walking through them and letting go. But still there is a battle with the old voice in my head - the one from my childhood,

"You better not say that, you'll get in trouble." or "they won't like you."

That kind of stuff…

But if you ever thought you had it tough dealing with your fears and did a good job, you need to check out the video that she talks about at in that post. I could send you right to the video and You Tube - but I think you'll get more out of it if you read the Baby Boomer Life post first.

It touched me deeply.

It touched me in my soul and deep within my heart because I saw the Divine shine through that man's face as he faced his fears. I saw many things in myself through his courage that I have never allowed to come out and wanted to. I saw all the times I'd wished I had stepped up to the plate and taken a chance and didn't.

And as I watched, I wept. I wept for the me that never stepped over the line, I wept for all the other people I care about who never did either.

And I wept for the little cell phone salesman who did what all of us were afraid to do. And I was so proud of him for him, but also for all of us who had somehow now succeeded through his expression and courage.

I saw through him the Divine in action and it warmed my heart.

Doing what you think you can't and having real faith in yourself even when you're scared to death is the stuff of heroes. We can all learn a lot from that English phone salesman. And we all need to learn this somewhere within ourselves.

And yes God works in wondrous ways.

Face your fears and do what you love if you really want to be healthy.

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