Belonging is the key to pressing forward in our lives yet it feels so complicated. People hurt and wound us. We are constantly looking around for someone to see us.
Belonging sometimes feels out of reach.
When was a time you felt like you really belonged?
In order to discover this, I had to think about the times in my life where I had experienced rejection.
What was common? I gave the gift of myself to people who didn't value me, understand me, or receive me. Instead of seeing this for what it was, I tried harder, strived more, and became more of a people pleaser only to find that I was never good enough.
Belonging is something that has to be discovered alone.
I can’t expect anyone to provide that for me.
We often show up desperately looking for others to tell me who we are, and who others need us to show up as?
In that, we lose ourselves.
What if we were never meant to fit?
We cannot create belonging for anyone unless we have owned it for ourselves.
I’m not for everyone and that’s ok.
If you were for everyone you would never find a tribe.
We give the gift of ourselves to people and expect them to tell us of our significance but that is our own responsibility
The people who love you are already around you.
Stop looking for those from who you want acceptance.
What would happen like you already have significance? What would change for you to be able to live out your dreams FULLY YOU?