Authentic life.

Sometimes in life it happens that we feel alone, that no one understands and supports us.

Especially when we choose to do and live in a way that no one around us has done and lived.

But the voice of the heart is so strong and powerful that we go further despite the resistance and misunderstanding of those closest to us and walk our way through.

The sadness overwhelms us that no one understands us and slowly we begin to come to terms with it. Even through it all, we go our own way and do what we feel in connection to our hearts is right.

It is not and may not be easy at all and do we have the strength to make it through the resistance of our surroundings and the ridicule and criticism? Again and again we connect to our heart and search for answers and the same answer is still there, in that stillness and silence answers and clarity are born when even the whole family and surrounding doesn't understand but the heart speaks clearly.

That strength of our conviction is so powerful that it holds us through all this resistance.

Gradually as the days and weeks go by, we suddenly find out that we are not so alone with our lifestyle, beliefs, etc. We meet new people, we attract new situations and what we thought was no one but us and the whole world against us is no longer so, people with similar beliefs and world views converge and emerge, we find our tribe, our groups of people where we feel accepted and understood, this is where we are at home and this is where we belong and this is where we can continue to evolve.

We start to get new opportunities, we feel like we are growing and evolving, we feel amazing.

And when we get to this point we say to ourselves, it was worth it, I'm glad I did it and followed my heart's voice. Because it's only there in the heart, in the peace and quiet and solitude, that the answers to questions are best found, but it takes being really honest, being honest with ourselves and being prepared that we will have to change a lot and let go of what is already insufficient, unfulfilling and dysfunctional for us.

It's worth it because we won't find ourselves in a place of feeling that we may be living in comfort and ease, but somehow halfway, not fully, because we have closed the door to our authentic life at the expense of security, comfort and lack of courage.

Mirka