Ray’s Rays Number 13

To Thine Own Self Be True

by

Radiance Angelina Petro

 

 

 

 

Begin where you are. Or stay where you are.

Both are valid. Each has their own wisdom.

Sometimes it’s healthy to push past our comfort zones.

Other times it’s completely fine to stay comfortable.

The only people who say otherwise are those so steeped

in old capitalist ideas that they know nothing except

working themselves to the bone. Being comfortable

isn’t a sign of weakness. Neither is staying in bed all day

if that’s what you need. Is it valid to “force” yourself

to get up and going and doing? Of course it is.

Learning when to rest and when to rise can be, as they are for me,

lifelong lessons. And there’s no right or wrong.

It’s helpful to remember though that we can’t start

at the finish line, and also, that there isn’t a finish line,

and most important of all—life isn’t a race. Fuck anyone

who says you need to be pushing and achieving

and achieving and producing to be of value in this world.

Live your dreams on your terms in your time.

Be gentle with yourself. Be fierce with yourself. Main thing:

BE yourself. You are worthy and powerful as you are.

You’ve made it through so much already, and there still is often so much

going against you. Yet you’re strong. You’re alive. There’s blood

on the brain—your mind thinks with passion, your mind thinks

with the heart. You are learning. You are evolving, blossoming,

growing. Have as much fun as you possibly can.

“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly,” so says

GK. Chesterton. Laugh at the absurdity of it all if you can,

and stand proud (or lie on the couch proudly). You are a becoming,

and ever-changing, unfurling universe.

Go ahead, to thine own self be true.