Today, I want to share a poem by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes entitled, Simple Prayer for Remembering the Motherlode. 

I often contemplate the idea that we live under the impression that we must become something. I talk about becoming in my love letters and in my work, but not from the sense that you lack anything or anything is wrong. On the contrary. 

You are already everything you are here to be. Each one of us is here on purpose, with purpose. But most of us, myself included, are catching up to what we are. We are just beginning to uncover this truth and reveal our true nature

We are living in a time where we are beginning to understand that we are free to choose the path of our highest calling. 

So, today I want to share this Simple Prayer for Remembering the Motherlode by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. 

“We do not become healers.

We came as healers. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become storytellers.

We came as carriers of the stories

we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become writers.. dancers.. musicians.. helpers.. peacemakers. We came as such. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not learn to love in this sense.

We came as Love. We are Love.

Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are.”

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I know that we are. Not just some of us, but all of us. There are parts of you and me clamoring for full self-expression. Can you feel her?

We’ve been taught to silence her. To sit still. To stop daydreaming. To stop playing. To curb our enthusiasm. To settle down. To get serious. Quiet down. Calm down.

ENOUGH! It’s time to catch up to who you truly are. To live into the fullness of who you are here to be.

I am a healer, writer, artist, and teacher.

What will you be?

With love,

The Art of Self-Approval is a pathway to living into the fullness of who you are here to be. To catch up with what you are. Are you ready to step into your genius?