Getting Up from the Table

Image by Nadia Valko on Unsplash

If you’re opening up to your spirituality, it’s pretty much guaranteed you will be challenged by others along the way.

This is because a major part of the journey entails exploring the depths of who you are and releasing beliefs that are no longer true for you.  As you grow more and more into alignment with your Soul, you actually become more of who you really are at your core. But not everyone wants you to become that person, especially when it threatens their own sense of self.

You may have been born into a family that prioritized winning at all costs, but find you really don’t care for their win/lose approach.  Or you grew up within a strict church community, but in truth you feel more limited and resentful than supported.

First—you can’t help how you feel.  Trust that your emotions are guide points, not something to be stuffed down or negated.

Second — conflicts with family or close friends are part of life. You’ll either figure out a way to live with your differences or you’ll decide you can’t do it anymore.  It’s truly one or the other.

Over the years, as I’ve moved more and more into my spirituality, I’ve had to let go of several people when the gap between who I was becoming and who I was willing to be for them became too wide and collapsed.

Two years ago, this happened with an extended family member. The relationship was one where I’d kept my mouth shut for years to keep the peace and the door open. But as is often the case in relationships like this, the ante goes up over time.  One day this person did something that was pretty unkind.  When I told them I’d been hurt by the situation, they didn’t apologize or take any responsibility. Instead, they sent photographs of things they’d done for me over the years.

Seeing the email with the photographs, it was clear the relationship was 1) transactional and 2) too expensive.

A day or so later, the following statement by Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life popped up in my Instagram feed:

“If respect is not being served, get up from the table.”

The next step was abundantly clear; I got up from the table. In essence, it came down to their version of me or mine; I chose mine.  

The spiritual journey will both soften you and make you stronger than you ever imagined. 

You are so much more than you think yourself to be.  

You are a Grand Mythic Being.  Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.