You came into this world eager and excited to be in a body again, so you could experience all the amazing things life on Earth can offer.

Your senses explode with all the inputs you receive: sounds, colors, smells, textures, temperatures, a breeze whispering across your delicate skin.

You feel compelled to touch everything.

The sensations on your skin… fabric, food, and every single thing in your environment… overload you with delight.

The amount and variety of stimuli available to you here are staggering.

Relearning how to be in a body requires trial and error as you get reacquainted with how your physical form works.

And you begin learning about all the internal and external sensations you’re experiencing.

The waves of emotions cascading through you and picked up from all around you simultaneously delight and overwhelm you…

as you sift through them, identifying, classifying, and sorting them.

Most of your existence has been in the non-physical realms as energy. Spirit. Consciousness.

Now you embark on melding your Being (energy/spirit) with a shiny new physical body so you can learn even more and experience even more of what life on Earth has to offer you.

It’s miraculous.

You’re miraculous.

You want to have, do, explore, and experience every little thing.

Your joy bubbles over.

And then…

And then it happened.

You heard

“No”

“Stop”

“Don’t”

And “Why can’t you just ___?”

 

You felt the energy behind the words more than the words themselves.

Dense emotions assaulted your vulnerable innocence…

anger, frustration, irritation, fear, pain, judgment, sadness, despair…

Your world of limitless possibilities started to contract as limits were imposed….

On you and your Being.

 

New constructs and constrictions arose.

To be liked, loved, accepted, and approved of, you had to either be a certain way or stop being a certain way.

And you created judgments and conclusions about yourself based on what those around you did, said, reacted to, and projected out on you.

Thus, the conditioning began:

The programming that would define you –

– your life, your creative expression, your abilities, your power,

    what was and wasn’t acceptable about you –

took hold and rooted deeply into the structure of your mind and your body, quieting (or even silencing) the influence of your limitless Being… your Soul, your Spirit.

Taming the wildness of you to keep you safe.

To allow you to fit into their version of a perfect world.

Blown Off Course

As years passed, you drifted further from the truth of your miraculous Being and all the glorious ideas you came to this world to play with and breathe life into.

As a Creative, it’s like knowing in your heart that there are millions of colors available, but your paint box is somehow limited to shades of gray and neutrals…

and maybe, just maybe (especially if you are the rebellious type), a couple of bright colors are in there too.

 

I’d like to help you change this.

I’d like to open a door or window for you to see the Beautiful Being that you are and discover what else is possible for you.

I’d love you to have all the colors of the Universe to paint with as you create your life.

 

Self-reclamation and Creating – The Journey back to You

When you choose you, you give others permission to choose themselves as well.

And you add more color, music, and magic to the world in a way that only you can.

Because each one of us is unique in what we can contribute to the expansion and enrichment of the whole.

Choosing you…

Choosing to Be You no matter what...

Connects you to all that is, and your Being can be free to create and express from a place of unbridled joy.

It is not selfish… although you may have been conditioned to believe this.

Selfish is asking others to do and be what you want them to do and be… for you.

 

What can you choose today that feels more like you?

What can you choose today that lights you up inside just thinking about it?

What can you choose today to honor yourself?

 

When you choose you... choose to be you instead of someone else’s idea of who you should be... you expand your energy and the possibilities available to you.

You can give to others from a generous heart…

no strings attached

no judgments

no expectations

just you sharing your creations with the world.

 

Choosing You means

Paying attention to your body and energy system.

Taking time to fill your well as needed.

Knowing the only person for you to please is you.

Trusting yourself, your intuition, and your gut (or learning to trust yourself).

Showing up for yourself, consistently.

Honoring yourself and your choices.

Treating yourself with kindness and compassion instead of harsh judgment.

Silencing (or ignoring) your inner critic/mean girl who tells you all the reasons "why not" instead of supporting you.

Rediscovering and/or reinventing yourself.

Reconnecting to what’s true for you.

Deciding what you want to be, do, and have in your life now.

Giving yourself permission to go for it.

 

Creating is your guide

Create because it makes you happy, brings you joy, or you’re having fun doing it.

Your “tribe” will find you because they can finally “see you.”

 

Cheering you on with love and appreciation for you,

 

 

 

 

 

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Karen M Winkelman          

The Life Crafting Guide     

Karen Winkelman