You Are Not Your Story, So Drop It

[Gill]

Hi Everyone:

I receive this newletter on a regular basis and thought this month's sort of hit home for all of us (SO's included).  So I am passing this on.

Gill

Awaken The Genie Within Newsletter
By Linda Salazar
310-375-4800
November, 2006
www.awakenthegeniewithin.com
linda@awakenthegeniewithin.com

 

You Are Not Your Story, So Drop It


Once upon a time there was a woman who was swimming across a lake with a rock in her hand. As she was getting close to the middle of the lake she began to sink because of the weight of the rock. She would go down below the water and then pop back up again. As she did this, the people who were watching from the shore were screaming at her to drop the rock. She continued to swim until she could no longer hold herself above the water and even though people were shouting to drop the rock, she wouldn't do it, and just before she went under one last time, not to come up again, the onlookers heard her say, "I can't, it's mine."

Every one of us has a story about our past that is a less than joyful experience. For many, that story has followed them into the present moment, allowing it to define who they are today, allowing it to keep certain beliefs about themselves and situations in their life now, alive and ongoing while weighing them down.

Today I'd like to invite you to drop the story you hear yourself telling over and over again, in various ways, during present circumstances, for the simple reason that you are not your story. What happened back in the good old days doesn't mean you have to keep playing the same role and making the same choices disguised as new choices, just because it's how the story goes.

Now that you're an adult, you get to make choices that serve your highest good. Choices that will allow you to grow and connect with your true desires. You get to create experiences for yourself that make you feel good. You don't have to keep playing the role you played in the past, just to keep the people you experienced your past stuff with happy or satisfied.

Any story you're holding onto that brings you frustration, keeps you stuck, or in your smallness, is of no use to you now. In this very moment you get to be story free. You get to look at everything that is working in your life, no matter how small, and start to build a new truth from that. The more you focus on the small things working in your life the bigger they become. That's the Universal Law.

Here's some questions worth answering as you drop your story:

Who do you want to be in this moment of time? How do you want to show up in the world? What do you want people to experience when they stand in your presence? What story or stories are you willing to drop immediately so you can move forward easily and effortlessly? What are you willing to say about yourself right now that you weren't willing to say before you decided to drop your story?

Dropping the story means no longer talking about it. No longer allowing it to influence your present choices and circumstances. Every day you get to create anew. You don't need to drop one story for another. Stories are just a bunch of words. They are not who you are. Who you are is a Soul made of love, peace and joy.

If you find it difficult to drop your story then ask yourself these two questions:

"What's the payoff for holding on to this story?"

You may not think there is one, but I promise you, if you're holding onto it with all your might, there's usually a payoff.

And, "What am I most afraid of, if I do drop my story?"

When you're ready, drop the rock and swim swiftly toward shore.

With Blessings,
Linda

Gill

[Julie Marie]

Hi Linda,

There's a similar story to that.  Two Buddhist monks were walking down the road when they came upon a woman elegantly dressed.  She was looking to cross the muddy road but was worried she'd ruin her clothes.  The elder monk picked her up and carried her across the road.  Then the two monks went on their way.  Sometime later the younger monk asks his elder, "Why did you carry that woman across the road?  We aren't supposed to do that."  The elder replied, "I dropped her a long time ago.  It seems you are still carrying her."

Julie