Imperfectly Human

A humble share with you all this week….
 
Last week’s newsletter/blog post ended up propelling me into a deep inquiry around embracing imperfection. You may or may not have noticed (I am hoping the latter!), but I had a couple of pretty major typos in it.
 
To some, this may be no big deal yet, to me, this is a huge deal. I consider myself a writer and as a writer, words are important. So, to have delivered something with glaring typos (on a word I am SO passionate about…) into your inbox, put up on my website, and posted on social media, feels significant. To me.
 
Upon discovering this, despite countless proofreads, I had a moment, or rather several moments, of wanting to pull the plug on it all (whatever that really means!). Simultaneously I reached out to 3 trusty colleagues and friends who all said in so many words: LET IT GO!

To embrace the imperfections of being human and to use this opportunity as fuel for my own growth and, hopefully, for yours.
 
Although I say it to clients all the time, taking my own medicine was not the easiest pill to swallow.
 
I tended to myself through a candlelit bath, put my legs up the wall, and drifted into bed….I awakened still cringing at the flubbed words, yet also embracing my human imperfections.
 
I even felt moved to step way out of my comfort zone and recorded a little video on Instagram about this incredibly relatable and important message. 
 
This journey of visibility has never been “easy” for my deeply introverted self. I much prefer to stay on the outskirts looking in…dipping my toes out when I feel like it.
 
Yet, many years ago, as my work in the world was clarifying, I was given a huge nudge (or rather PUSH!) to “publish” my writing regularly. To share my revelations of this wild human experience and to open myself up in ways that the hairs on my head stood up out of fear.
 
However, my focus on service and genuinely helping, supporting, guiding, and ushering humanity through the dense forests of life found their way past my fears and into the forefront of my mission in life.
 
Showing up in this way feels non-negotiable anymore and yet…every single time…pummels me through the tunnel of fear into action. Into vulnerability. Into being cracked open and exposed.
 
Staying unpretentiously humble, authentic, receptive, and human in the midst of it all is at the forefront of every word I type and every sentence I produce.
 
Embracing my own imperfections so that I can continue to keep growing, healing, and changing so as to keep showing up for those who need the support and guidance to do the same.
 
So, I ask you…
Where in your life are you holding back out of fear?
What imperfections in yourself are you allowing to run the show and interfere with your ability to show up in your humanness?
What steps can you take, now, today, in this moment, towards your dreams and visions and goals…past the fears and self-judgments…towards possibility and expansion?
 
As a wise friend of mine shared in her comments on my very scary but neededvideo…we must hold each other in non-judgment….in acceptance. 
 
This is how we heal.  This is how we grow and change and step more fully into the truth of who we are.
 

 May we all hold each other with love, with compassion, with reverence, with care, and in acknowledgment of our perfectly imperfect humanness.