Let Yourself Make Mistakes
Sometimes making misaligned choices is the only way we learn what alignment feels like
I think that we’re too hard on ourselves. Especially as people on paths of self-development or spiritual awakening, it can be easy to stay in a constant state of self-judgment.
There is a careful line between self-awareness and constant self-criticism. The discipline of seeing our patterns, our triggers, our blocks, needs to be balanced with compassion — a willingness to take rest when we need it, to tell ourselves we’re okay just as we are, even if there are still things we want to work on.
Sometimes, we even need to accept that there are certain ways of thinking and being that we simply aren’t ready, or don’t have the tools, to release just yet.
And that’s okay. You’re okay.
The unfolding and ego destruction that is catalyzed by spiritual awakening is a life-long process and a journey in and of itself. It’s not a race to the finish line. If we approach our paths that way we miss an awful lot of the things that make life so rewarding.
We aren’t meant to be on a hamster wheel of productivity, not in any kind of work, be it a traditional 9-to-5 or the work of finding ultimate freedom.
