I no longer....

A while back - my all time favourite Hollywood actress - Meryl Streep - did a speech / write up on things that she could no longer tolerate and I found it absolutely brilliant. I kind of also want to preach that to infinity and beyond! …. I suddenly over the last couple of days started to think about my own “I no longer…” and here they are!

I also have to laugh at the fact the Full Moon struck just an hour back! So I am energetically in a more intuitive mood - Someday I will rant about why I have a moon obsession!)

(*currently these speak volumes).

I no longer*…

… will tolerate certain people and situations in my life. I am constantly reminded of the fact that this life is truly short, and I don’t want to reach 50 years of age (that’s if I will) having lived a half-baked life! Only in the last 2 years have I felt truly alive. Why? Because I have lived my authenticity, and what feels true to me. I have lived my truth, to what resonates to my ‘being-human”. I have let certain relationships and people fade away, because it didn’t resonate with me anymore. Yes it was sad, but as life has shown me, people come, people go, and some will remain for a longer period, others shorter. As long as you are giving 100% that’s key. Hence I will give 100% to whoever is in my life today, for however long we are to remain in each other’s lives, under whatever disguise of human relationships / and labels that this falls under.

Even life-situations related, I will follow the same mantra. Follow what resonates to what being human is all about for me. As an example, I truly don't live to work. I work so I can live!

I no longer*...

...will label ANY of my experiences (side note: not that I do anyways. But sometimes I feel I 'have to' especially if I need to explain things to others,... no more! Either you get it or you don't. There is no right or wrong here).

I no longer* ...

...will allow the outer world to effect my inner being. So I will not be affected by what others think. If it makes sense to them, great, if it doesn’t then that’s great too. I’d rather everyone looked at why something resonates / or doesn't resonate with themselves, rather than judge others or me for my experiences. And with this note...

I no longer*...

...will tolerate lies or dishonesty (at the end of the day the person you are being the most dishonest with is yourself). I will tell you my truth, and I will live my truth. For I know, that those that truly love me, will accept whatever I do (whether that’s in my working life, or my personal life). A little example, ;) ... If you feel I take too many holidays - haha - then that’s what you feel. For me each moment isn’t the same as the next. Maybe this year I will take another 17! or maybe just 1. Who knows. Time will tell. (Ok, you know it's me, it'll never be just 1!).

I no longer*...

...will involve myself in conflicts. With myself or others. When there is a conflict, I wish to sit down with you, and again ask that we speak our truth. I promise to listen and understand. I hope you will do the same. With myself I promise to go more into meditation and hear that internal voice.

I no longer*...

...will hear of people comparing (or complaining about) their ‘age’ to what they think they should do. Age doesn’t define your life. Yes there are certain things that requires you to be at the adequate age, but age shouldn’t be the barrier that stops you from experiencing what feels right to you ‘now’ (apart from some obvious scenarios).

So maybe at a given age you decide to completely change careers, maybe you decide that you no longer can be in a certain life situation, or maybe you decide to move countries, etc, etc.

The point is nothing is fixed to a timeline, unless you have created that timeline by choice. Maybe you have goals you want to reach by a certain age, great! Go for it! But those goals should be what you have defined for yourself, and not what society tells you that you should be doing.

Simply I will no longer do anything that gives my own being any feelings of uneasiness. If anything over these past few years I've felt that if one is true to their being, and works with that knowledge, that's when life fully starts to open up and present you with the right vibrations (have you ever heard the saying "your vibe attracts your tribe?) for you and your life journey.

This excites me! This is why I love looking back and seeing how the people and situations have played out in my life. I can see where I have attracted the good and the bad into my life. It's all about the experiences and learning - in my view - to reach unconditional love.

One day, all this will be a distant dream, and the question is how do you want to be able to sum up your life? Work that out (note, that this statement will change as you progress through life) and then live your life with that truth as the focal point.