Being Open is Not About Other People

There are times when I do not feel like being open.

Sometimes it feels so much easier to keep my eyes closed, keep my mind closed, keep my heart closed. I may be tired or hurting, I may be discouraged, it may seem like it is just not that important. It may feel like I have been trying to break through a brick wall head first. It may feel like other people do not really deserve my being open to them.

It can be a challenge to see each day as brimming with possibilities. Sometimes it seems to make more sense just to give up.

Being open is a choice. My choice to be open, to other people and to possibilities, does not depend on my situation or any other outside factors. My choice to be open depends on me.

For a long time, I was not very open at all. I was very focused on having the right answers. One thing about having the right answer is that being open to other answers is not a strength. When you have the right answer, the other answers are wrong.

I realized that the life I was living, the person I was being, was not my true self. My focus, my need to have the right answers was a way of protecting myself. I protected myself by closing my true self off and being the person who had the right answer.

With time and effort, I am letting go of my false selves and becoming truly open.

Being open is a challenge. It takes work and guidance. I do not always feel like being open; it is always fascinating and filled with possibilities.

How are you being open today?

What are the possibilites you have missed until now?

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