Unplugging From Tribal Beliefs: Are You Dizzy Yet From How Fast Our ‘Globe’ is Spinning?

I began writing a post a while back that proved challenging to keep succinct.  There’s been an ongoing theme in my life that I feel is important to share, as ultimately, it is universal in its scope.  But it’s a huge topic that encompasses pretty much everything in one way or another.  Not easy to pare down to one blog post.

Then, one morning, while still lying in bed, I began to ‘re-write’ the beginning of that post in my mind, or rather it felt more like it was writing through me.  So, I edited the original post, and came darn near close to finally completing and publishing it.

That was in the beginning of August.  It’s now nearly 6 weeks later.  I have stalled all together on getting a post out, so lets see if the third time is a charm.  Time to birth this baby!

Learning To Crawl

“I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings.  And coming down is the hardest thing.  I’m learning to fly, around the clouds.  But what goes up must come down.”

Lyrics from ‘Learning To Fly’~Tom Petty

Great Blue Heron ~ Photo by Tracy Minton

We all want to fly.  Whether literally, or figuratively.   Our spirit’s yearn for freedom to express ourselves authentically.  Without inhibition, fears, or oppressive external forces holding us back.     We often believe ourselves to be living authentically, only to discover maybe we really weren’t.  Maybe we were living a facsimile version of who we really are.    A version painted for us by other people’s ideas and notions about who we are or ought to be.