A friend told a lovely story on Facebook recently about coming across a young Jedi knight. When, while walking her dog, she greeted him the five-year-old Jedi, he first collapsed into himself and mumbled that he wasn’t a real Jedi. When she and the dog circled back around, the same thing began to happen. She stopped, drew herself up, and, looking him directly in the eye, saying, “We mean you no harm, young Jedi. I ask permission for my dog and I to pass.” The boy’s jaw dropped. He snapped to attention, turned on his sword, and said in a voice filled with purpose, “Permission granted.”
Each of us generates a stream of identities ranging from Jedi warrior to perfectionist to mom to coach to hero to failure. Often we are unaware of how we suppress some of our most vibrant identities while giving air time (and thus life) to the stories that pull us down. It’s innocent, and, once we are on to it, unnecessary.
Here’s to giving life to your most life-giving version of yourself. May the Force be with you!
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