We the Beloved Collective- WELCOME

While on a three-day intensive wellness sabbatical, I was able to lean more into my sovereign being. This is the epitome of knowing thyself. I did not have a burden to convince anyone who I was, what my true intentions were, or to overexplain myself for their comfort. I placed trust in the completed shadow work and did not need validation to solidify my choices. I did not lean into anyone else's uncertainty, anxiety, or disappointment.  I chose Self-trust. I chose me, my past me, present me, and future me.

When the writing on the wall began to discourage me out of grace, and taunt me without an end in sight, I chose to withdraw and disengage from the setting. Let's be clear: these were not triggers but signals, not alarms but shifts in the atmosphere, pattern recognition, and elite self-awareness working together to identify when this place, whether physical, mental, or spiritual, is no longer safe. This was not running away from fear or failure; this was running onward to trust.

Patterns? Cultures? Belief systems? Familial identity? Affiliations, Associations, and competing loyalties will alter one's perception of self, alter one's ability to self-regulate, and expose the hidden layers of identity required to function in many different capacities to reap benefits and rewards that may or may not follow.

Those hidden layers are guaranteed to strip you of your autonomy when you are not self-aware.

When we don't follow our desires, our bodies tell us, overindulging, our bodies tell on us, and when we are neglectful of our being, our bodies turn on us.

How long will it linger while we choose to ignore it?

A new journey into the unknown will always draw us further into the depths of our autonomy. Familiar faces and spaces cause us to show up inauthentically, counterproductive to our personal evolution. The irony is that many of us choose complacency because of preconceived threats of harm. Self-trust is a muscle that craves variance, excitement, and spontaneity.

So, I made a benediction to myself, so to speak.

I will rise in my autonomy, which is directly linked to my self-trust. I am self-aware.  I have placed my competing loyalties on notice that my identity is no longer interdependent with social systems of groupthink. The true benefits I seek will serve my purpose for this cause rather than fighting to gain from it. I grant myself the capacity to release things out of my control and grab hold of myself. No greater display of self-awareness and self-control will allow me to release doubt, fear, worry, and expectations from others, and exercise my decision-making power, the authority to opt out, without guilt or shame, understanding this allows freedom for my amicable departure without bitterness or ill intent.

Let's treat our bodies, hearts, minds, and souls well in authenticity.