The singer Ricky Martin announced earlier this week that he is gay. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am,” he said.
Apparently there was a time when he thought differently. On his web site he states, “Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage. Today I take full responsibility for my decisions and my actions.”
Denying who we are and living an inauthentic life can sometimes (maybe all of the time) create suffering. I denied my sexuality for years and allowed my negative thinking about being gay to cause a lot of stress in my life. The amount of energy that it took to contain who I am took its toll on relationships of all kinds. I drank to cover up my true feelings. I was afraid to pursue my love for certain sports, take part in social activities and go after jobs. I stayed quiet and small for years hoping not to be noticed and yet the whole time I craved attention.
Over the last few years my desire and focus has been to come out of the closet more fully in other areas of my life, to embrace myself as someone who offers a valuable service as a shamanic healing practitioner, channeler, personal development coach, entrepreneur, artist, teacher, and visionary. That pursuit has allowed me to look at ways in which I may still cling to victimhood, dim my light and not share my brilliance.
A meditation on the subject of ‘Being Who I Am’ brought this information:
Whenever you say ‘I cannot be that because it will not be accepted in my world,’ you are quite possibly denying your self the joy of sharing your true essence and light. Imagine telling your self over and over and over again that you should not, could not, and will never be able to be this or that because YOU THINK that someone will rebuke you or treat you badly. Ultimately it is you who rejects you and treats you unkindly.
Being who you are, without censorship and without harsh words is love – self-love. You create peace in your heart and mind by being your self and through that simple act you help to create peace in the world.
Imagine a world where everyone allowed themselves to be whom and what they dreamed of! Who is there to be but YOU?
Amen.
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation is:
I am who I am and that is all ways OK. I am happy and grateful to be me.
Big thanks today to Ricky Martin for his courage and commitment to self, to all who stand up and say ‘This is who I am!’, for all who helped me see that it was OK to be me, Lorna Roberts, Rosa, my friends, family, and lovers, to our beautiful Earth, my home at the beach, new and prosperous business deals, Ardyss International, my book agent, editor and publisher.
Peace!
Joe
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beautiful
thank you joe monkman to help me to see that it was okay to be me ..
much love
t.