Simply Being One

"I sometimes think, we're all sort of like twins ~

Who we want to believe we are, and the person

others see."

IDENTICAL

Scott Turow

When I was younger, I presented myself in ways that I believed would be more acceptable to others.  I had many masks for varying situations.  I could fit into any scenario with glee.  By the time I was thirty, I grew very tired of holding up these masks.    So slowly, I discarded them. One by one they fell.  I learned to appreciate the peace of simply being one.

Then some where along the way, I realized there had been another shift, a separation between who I was externally and who I believed I was internally.  Eventually, years of awareness integrated those two parts so that I could once again be one.

In today's world, I am happy to be me in spite of my differing moods.  I present the same no matter where I am.  I might refrain from some conversations, but I am comfortable with that decision.  I know my truth.  I wear my beliefs.  I speak from my heart.

During this last month in sunny Florida, I have walked the beach every day.   And every day I glance back over my shoulder at my foot prints, making sure there is only one set of me.