I'm not perfect...but I'm perfectly me

Oh what a week it’s been! Birthday week….maybe even birthday month! 

My family really know how to spoil me…not just with presents, but with love and respect and time and their presence. And let’s face it…they are the important things. A beautiful lunch with my babies and their partners at a local winery was our family celebration for the mum turning 47. It’s quite different having adult kids to celebrate such milestones. Instead of dinner at the local pizza parlour, it was wine tasting and grazing plates! Loved every minute of it! Thank you my precious ones.

The start of the week was also adventurous (well for me anyway!). My lovely sister and I had a night in the city which meant a lot of shopping and a whole lot of walking. I think we travelled around 27,000 steps for the two days! Probably should take off a couple of hundred to balance out the cocktails but whose counting…right?!

We also went to a cooking class. Now that is way beyond my level of comfortability. My cooking consists of pretty basic dishes. Good basic dishes, but far from adventurous. So the cooking class was called “Demystifying Duck” and we not only learnt how to prepare and roast a whole duck, but also how to cook duck 8 different ways! Yes....8! Amazing! Had a blast doing it, despite being totally sure that I would stuff up the portioning of breasts and legs. Normally that would cause some anxiety and the need for a great excuse not to go to something like that but I’m learning to stop second-guessing myself. I’m learning to trust in my ability to do things and accept that I don’t have to be great at everything thrown at me. I mean…that’s what a cooking class if for, right? So I went with it, I cut up the duck, I cooked the duck and I ate the duck. DELICIOUS! Out of my comfort zone but how do we know what we are capable of it we don’t venture out every now and again? Check them out on Facebook if you feel the desire to learn a new skill! Luv-a-Duck is the place to be!

Today was spent at a workshop. If you’ve read my previous blogs you would know that I have been to see Kerry Brown for a healing and got so much out of it. I learnt so much about myself in that short period of time that when she said she was back in town today to host a workshop, I knew my bum had to be on a seat there. 

The workshop was called “Connecting you to your inner wisdom”. This amazing woman just has a way of speaking to you in a way that makes you….well….feel. I know that might sound wishy washy but just listening to her and taking in what she says just helps me gain clarity. Helps me feel grounded and totally in control. And I don’t always feel that. But being guided through meditation with her today was slightly mind blowing. Prior to the meditation she spoke of the need for people to feel a sense of belonging. At the end, we spoke of what people had felt during the meditation and the answers were all different. Some saw colours, some saw signs, and light. And what came to me was kind of related to that sense of belonging. Because what I felt wasn’t so much a need to feel like I “belonged” but the sense that I was ok, just the way I am. I felt an overwhelming sense of embracing my uniqueness, of being totally at ease with who I am, how I feel, what I treasure in life. I had the feeling of no longer needing to feel like I fitted in…..because those who loved me, loved me for who I am. And I felt the need to trust. Trust that I make the right decisions for me. Trust that I do what is right for me. Trust that I know myself so well and so how can I be wrong? I had a sense of belonging…..belonging with myself. And at peace with myself. Which means I don’t need to worry about what anyone else thinks of me, or what I wear, or what I write. That sense of peace deletes any need for war. War within myself about whether I am “enough”. Because I am enough…for me. And that is what matters. If i’m not enough for others….then so be it. That sense of peace also means that I’m comfortable with my opinions and don’t feel the need to project them on to everyone else. Happy to have conversations with all and sundry, but I certainly don’t feel the need to debate every single topic in today’s society. Happy to believe what I believe, whilst respecting differing opinions to mine. Peaceful. 

Now don’t get me wrong. We all want to feel loved and accepted. It gives us a feeling of comfort and security which is lovely. But if we don’t accept ourselves, how do we expect others to accept us for who we are? 

During today’s meditation something inside me was telling me that I’m not perfect…..but I’m perfectly me. Perfectly me. As you are perfectly you. Embrace who you are, love who you are and be at peace with yourself instead of waging war on yourself. Because who wins that battle? 

Not perfect, but perfectly me. My new mantra. 

Thank you so much Kerry. You are inspiring and uplifting. Check her out on Facebook and hit like. She is a shining example of accepting herself and going with it. And if you have an opportunity to attend one of her workshops, or have a one on one healing….go for it. Especially if it’s out of your comfort zone!! Her page is Kerry Louise Brown. Activator. You might just learn something about yourself! 

Have a great week! 

Love,

Cherie with a C.

xxx