Showing Up Flawed
Thoughts after listening to a podcast that gave me the permission I didn't know I needed
Full of more questions than answers with few spaces for the two ends to meet
Longing for community, but lost & lingering in a sea of isolation
Anchored in past happenings that felt & still feel defining and everlasting
Weighed down by uncompromising expectations that serve no one but the oppressors
Exhausted, overwhelmed, underseen, & under-supported
Determined to find a safe, soft, & secure way back home to me.
Podcast that inspired.
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I have been in hiding, cosplaying as hibernation.
Tucked away in stillness in search of a clarity that's so new to me, it's hard to see.
Harder to feel & even harder to be.
Less confusing & more menacing. Like the voice in the back of your head whispering for you to do something.
Something exciting but risky.
Reminding you repeatedly that “you know you want to,” because you do.
Because no one really wants to hide. We want to roam the world with pride.
Show up as is & be accepted instead of rejected & embraced instead of disgraced.
And that's hard.
Harder to feel but even harder to be.
Yourself, even if, despite, and in spite of everything yelling at you to be something different.
Something easier to digest.
Something void of mess.
Something contained & ashamed of any deviation from the “norm.”
Any spark that shines unique.
Any suggestion that you may be weak and in need.
Of love
care
support
or just time.
Time to make up your own mind about how you're defined, regardless of how you're perceived.
Space to just be.
Openly & honestly.
Regardless of how you feel & how that'll make others feel.
Space to be real.
To be human.
Because humans are flawed.
And that's hard to feel and even harder to be.
Imperfect & containing mistakes.
Sometimes wrong because nothing and no one is always right.
And who wants to be?
Our flaws are how we learn. Our entry point for growth. Our foundation for empathy & understanding.
Flaws build character. They remind us of our humanity. Our ability to shift, change, & choose. To face our fallibility with grace.
And when we share them, when we refuse to hide them, we empower others to do the same.
We are a living breathing example of acceptance.
Of belonging.
Of diversity.
Of agency.
Of self-love.
So won't you here & now with me vow to be flawed & show up anyway- grateful to just be.
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