do you feel free?

For years I was tied to all the stories that attached themselves to me, either by way of myself or others. Some began when I was too young to even know they had grabbed hold of me. ⁣
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“My life will always be broken because my parents were drug addicts.”⁣
“My accomplishments don’t matter because there wasn’t anyone around to notice.”⁣
“I’m shy so I need to remain in the shadows.” ⁣
“I look young so no one will take me seriously.”⁣
“My family is poor so money or success will be hard to come by.”⁣
“I’ll only be able to travel a few days a year because that’s all I can afford.”⁣
“My family needs me so I’ll have to stay within reach.”⁣
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There are SO many more. But as I grew older I learned that none of these things served me or who I wanted to be. They held me captive to a person who was barely living life. Who says I have to be a slave to these stories? Where did they come from anyway? Some of them aren’t even mine, they are my parents. Why do I have to live from a place of lack just because my parents have. I don’t. I have the power to change who I am at any moment. And I chose to free myself from shame, fear, doubt, worry, and pain. Not to say that the weights of these old stories don’t get thrown on my back every now and then because they do. But I’m alive to my own experience and what I want it to be. I ask myself, “What am I getting out of feeling this way?” If the answer doesn’t serve the person I want to be then I let go of the story, the emotion, the burden. ⁣
⁣Do you feel free? ⁣
How about your mind?⁣
Your heart?⁣
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If not, what are the things that need to change or that you need to let go of so you can get closer to freedom?⁣
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Our mind is so incredibly powerful. It’s just that so many of us have spent our lifetime using it to oppress ourselves, rather than using it to free ourselves. Free your heart today. Free your mind. ⁣