Owning Up: A Moment’s Peace Inspiration #24

Darker Shade of Pale

The people in your life right now, especially those you wish would just go away,can serve as hidden gems of self-awareness. How? Perhaps, we subconsciously attract into our lives the parts of us that we dislike the most.

What if, unknowingly, we do this so we can experience and work on the part we don’t readily acknowledge exists in us? What if subconsciously, you actually created and perpetuate the relationship drama, the grumpy child, the annoying boss, or the competitive friend?

What if these people are presently in your life to help you understand your own potential equally negative or positive qualities? When we own up to our own traits, we move into a place of true compassion and understanding of our self and others and in our humility, we come into power.

“Aspects that are hidden from ourselves have a powerful influence on our present reality. They are always trying to get our attention in order to be accepted and integrated into our whole self.”

Debbie Ford, author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers