There are a hundred versions of you

Hey there, AmyK here.

If you’ve ever spent any amount of energy attempting to manage what other people might be thinking about you, this one’s for you.

First, there isn’t just one version of you walking around in the world.

There are hundreds. Possibly thousands.

This thought is wildly inconvenient for the Ego … and wildly liberating for your Heart.

There’s the version of you someone experienced when you were sharp, insightful, and on your game, so to them, you’re brilliant.

There’s the version of you someone caught in a messy, “off” moment, so to them, you’re … way less than brilliant.

Some people hold a snapshot of you as generous, expansive, humble, and all Heart.

Others remember that time you were guarded, stressed, and a wee bit selfish, and that’s the version they cling to.

Same human. Different moment. Different story.

Second, here’s the deeper truth: no one is actually seeing you.

They’re seeing a part of you … and … they’re seeing this part of you through the filter of their fears, wounds, expectations, and emotional weather report for the day.

Which means … you could be your most loving Self and still be completely misunderstood.

Or, you could be having your worst day ever and still be seen as extraordinary.

Third, your Ego really dislikes this idea. Because your Ego really wants to manage perception.

It wants to control the narrative. Be universally understood, liked, approved of and highly regarded. By everyone.

Good luck with that.

Your Heart, on the other hand?

Your Heart says: “There’s space for their version and peace for mine.”

Lastly, and most important, when you shift from Ego to Heart, you stop performing for every version of you that lives in someone else’s mind … and you come home to the loving one that lives in yours.

You’re no longer chasing being understood.

You’re anchored in being authentically, wholly aligned.

And that?

That’s where the magic begins.

To loving your whole self.

Hugs,

AmyK