To loft a ball high in the air, it has to be let go. We can’t rise up if we are tethered to something. In our lives we are bombarded by messages, indirectly or directly, verbally or not, that tell us who we are. We hear “You are” messages that are positive and negative. The problem is, both can be dangerous if we over-identify with them, absorbing them into our very being, shaping our interactions, our decisions, and our very way.

In this episode we will identify a message we have received of “you are…” a positive and “you are..” a negative, determine how tethered we are to these messages, and if we can and should let them go. Then we will listen to the poem I AM and receive a message for our true self that we can hold onto and rise up.

I AM…

Rooted like earth

Passionate like fire

Free like the wind

Vast like the water

Shining like the sun

Peaceful like the moon

Joyful like creation

Gentle like the grass

Patient like the oak

I AM LOVE. 

-poem by Angie Winn

Referenced: Prayer: A Case Study in Mimetic Anthropology by James Alison.

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