June: On Conflict and Courage

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June 22

Think of your greatest death—was it a one-off? Or is it a pattern? Are you afraid to speak your mind and live up to your true self as a result?

Again—it’s okay. There is no shame in living your life. We’re all afraid at some point—the key is recognizing it when it happens, seeing those signs, and building up the confidence and strength to react otherwise—to make the decision you long to make in your heart—the one you know is right. It’s easy to fall into the pattern of doing otherwise and dying these many deaths. But all it takes is one act of courage to turn the tables and set you on the path you wish to be on.

So if you’re tired of dying little deaths—or if there’s a handful of larger deaths lingering in the back of your mind, make the choice now to do it differently next time around, because there will be a next time. And choose to live instead.

• Reflection title: So It Goes, but It Doesn’t Have To
• Creative inspiration: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
• Reflection Question: What and when was my biggest death? How will I now live in spite of that death? What will I do to make up for it?