Spirituality: How I Found Myself

We always hear about spiritual enlightenment. Spiritual transformation. It’s an intangible idea we seek but don’t know how to achieve [at least for me]. Today, I’m sharing about my experience with something greater than myself. I always believed in something other than Dana, a larger entity, guiding me along my journey.

I grew up going to church. I was made to go. I didn’t like it. The church felt stale, rigid and foreign. It left a bad taste in my mouth. It confused me. I didn’t like rules and having certain ideas forced upon me. Can you relate?

My beliefs laid someplace else. I didn’t believe in the traditional societal norms. The roots planted at a young age around jesus etc., didn’t align with my soul. Ironically, I’ve always been a seeker. And as I began to seek, I came to see so many things in my life that did align – people, jobs, relationships etc., that ‘just so happened’ to enter my life. I also connected deeply with nature and witnessed its freedom - it’s not dictated by control, and does what it wants, when it wants. It’s powerful, rooted, and grounded.

I began to see nature, people, places, and things as gifts. As lessons. I believe everything enters our lives for a purpose. And just like nature, there’s cycles and nothing is forever. Through the storms and sunshine, we all face ourselves. And as I think about nature, I think about roots. What are the roots of our lives? Do we have a solid foundation beneath us to weather the storms?

These questions led me back to myself. I looked in the mirror and examined my roots. Like nature, to blossom, we must shed and let go. Through my journey, I saw some of my roots were decaying – so if my roots were decaying, my foundation was unstable. And when the storms came, I crumbled. The only way to restore the foundation was to pull out the decay, and so I did.

Through the decay and cleansing, I’ve been able to create a new, solid foundation. When a storm comes, I’m strong and stable. This doesn’t mean life is always easy. But it’s through the darkness we find the light. It’s where transformation is born. This is where I found my spiritual transformation.

I believe in something greater than myself and just like nature, we need to evolve, shift and face ourselves in the mirror to create a solid foundation to take on any storm, any sunshine, to see.. we’re incredible creatures.

So, I ask you – how are your roots? We have limited time on this planet. I hope you tap into yourself, look in the mirror and make the transformation you may need to live your best life. Time is fleeting. Wake up.

You are a light.

xo