“Almost all my life I have been raised in a household where I was encouraged and told countless times to “think outside the box” and yet to live in a certain manner.
I find in my every day life as I work to shape who I am as a person and be confident in who I am, that a lot of the difficulty comes in being myself around people I am close with, live with, and my family.
The last year I have begun to accept and know myself better and along with that, represent who I am to those I am close with. As I make decisions to be brave and be myself every day or every week, what I have found is that not only do I appreciate myself more and feel weight taken off me, I have come to the realization that people I thought would judge me have rather embraced me. People I thought would criticize me for changing have actually thanked me for my sincerity and transparency.
My bottom line, I think “creating my own box” takes courageous moments of transparency and also a strong will that says of someone doesn’t like my “box” then that’s ok. It is impossible to be liked by everybody. But I live as myself and I need to like me and feel like me.
I totally resonate with this podcast and what Kit said about feeling like he was living a life that maybe partially resonated with him but made him feel distant or that he was living a different persons life. Love the analogies in this podcast.
This podcast has encouraged me to continue my journey in courage and self expression.
Thank you!”
Rinnygw via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/14/17