It's me in the mirror

Are people bugging you? Infuriating you? Tune into how you feel when somebody says something to you-good or bad. Take a good sharp look at it because if it is off putting? It means it’s in YOU, in your shadow. While this is not a new concept to my readers, it still is no fun to claim. Why do we want to recognize this? Because the energy right now is about dispelling judgment, cracking open the very essence that is judgment and allowing us to see our role in how we perpetuated judgment. We play one of three roles; the role of the perpetrator (judging others by projecting what we reject about ourselves onto them), the rescuer (trying to care take or insulate the judged, seeing them as incapable of holding their own power) or the power role of the victim (perpetuates the story “they aren’t enough” in order to get others to respond/react). One way to sharpen this skill in yourself and be empowered is to actively be aware of how many excuses you make for yourself (victim). Watch what you say, feel and think about others. You don’t know their situation. (Perpetrator). Where do you want to swoop in to protect others? If what you heard somebody say to another hurts you, it’s yours. Instead staying out of it is a better idea. (rescuer). Compassion to each of you for what you might see in yourselves this week and compassion to me for being willing to do this work also.