All That You Got
“Don’t be tempted by the shiny apple
Don’t you eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth ‘Cause all that you have is your soul..”
from All that you have is your soul ~Tracy Chapman
This is on my Spotify playlist titled “Reminders”.
We’re born knowing, we’re born so connected to ourselves and to our true nature and to our caretakers and our creator and what we require to survive and thrive. Love, light, food, rest, love. Repeat. Then we spend years and years unknowingly forgetting who we are because we are so hell bent on figuring out who we are supposed to be.
I’d love for you to read on with compassion for yourself. As I’m trying to do the same as I write.
I spent most of my life looking outside of myself for the answers, which slowly but surely whittled my intuition down to a brittle stick - barely something to lean on. I considered myself always “not quite there yet but working towards it.” What’s funny about a pursuit, and what I know now, is that if it is fiery and stirs something up inside of you, it comes from your soul. And what I know about our souls, is that they communicate what already is. So, to say we are pursuing what is not yet, is inaccurate and misaligned. This year in particular has been about realizing that I already am. Rather than pursuing, I’m reawakening and uncovering the parts of me that know. An unlearning if you will.
Here are some soul reminders that prove I can trust that she’s (my soul) got me.
I (re)connected with my soulmate. My mind was like, don’t say ‘soulmate’, people will barf. But hey, I’m gonna speak the truth! Love is the point, ya’ll. Anyway...in the reconnection, so many moments with him from my past made sense, the space in between our being together made sense, and I truly feel now that no matter how many times I get frustrated with the timeline of my life, I will never again doubt when or how it’s unfolding. This love proves it’s all good.
Covid. It has brought most of us to a moment of stark contrast, of reckoning, of (whether we like it or not) deep introspection. I went from traveling a ton, going a million mph, and seeking validation in what I was doing...to not traveling at all, slowing down enough to actually hear my own thoughts, and realizing that my soul is happiest when I, myself, validate what I’m doing.
I’m being nudged more than ever to do the thing I’ve always wanted to do. You know that thing. You have one. It’s knocking pretty hard at this point. So, it’s been about surrender and commitment to being a channel for it to come through and actualize. Sure, I have moments of resistance. But the resistance is being whittled down by my conversation with my soul. She and I know what’s up and will be creating the thing relentlessly because it brings me to life.
Sharing this because it’s proof (and I’m sure you could start making your soul communication list, too), that our souls are really all we have and are talking to us all the time. A connection with our soul, the true essence of who we are, IS the point, IS the secret sauce.
I trust that what we are going through now as a collective will bring us closer to who we really are, will reconnect us with our knowing, will in turn connect us with each other in a deeper, more intimate way, and remind us that we’re meant to listen to our soul over social media, the news, our peers, our bosses....Our soul is the boss.
Thanks for riding that wave of consciousness. I don’t know all of you, but I love you!
[Written :: 2020.08.16]