Don't be afraid....Let your True Colors Show!!!!

...so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow.

lyrics from "True Colors"  by  Phil Collins/Cindi Lauper


What keeps you from doing it?
You know what I'm talking about, don't you?
Why don't you let the world see the you that you are?
Underneath all the layers,
covered in other people's definition of who we are supposed to be,
lies a seed,
small as it may be,
that little sliver of the original DNA,
waiting to be
incubated and birthed into the "real" you.


I don't know what holds you back,
but for me
that "thing"
that
keeps me at bay,
bound by the boundaries of a society in a box,
is
a fear I'd like to say is tiny, but it would be a lie,
At times, I am able to override the simmer
of the lies I tell myself about what others may think or say or do,
if i let that seed,
root down,
sprout up,
rise to the sky and bloom into the palate of colors
God birthed me with......
but most of the time,
I'm scared it will be too much for most people,
they already at times look at me like I'm weird
or uncool
or
just really crazy and strange....
I'm getting used to that though...and some days it no longer bothers me
it's their problem and not mine
As i get older,
I'm getting a bit more curious about what
might happen
if
the fear no longer holds me back...
wonder what might happen if I trust the
Universal Spirit who molded me and birthed me
and
embrace the I within myself.


I feel myself growing a bit....
it brings joy
and what I'm finding even more is that
most people don't give a damn
if I'm weird or uncool or strange...
actually they seem to like it abit....
it surprises the hell out of me
but
I'm finding the more I
live into
that
seedling of color
the
more others appear to like being around...


I'm kind of starting to like
this authentic living,
of  pulling off the mask the best I can
and
allowing the world to
see
me
good,
bad,
and
yes
I guess
even a sexy hot mama like me might have an ugly day or two.....


Blooming is still around the corner,
waiting for just the right season,
but
I can feel the
life-giving water pulsing up from my roots through my veins
and
the Sonshine pulls me faithfully toward the heavens...
the warmth is like a nesting womb,
all nice and comfy....
and
as
much as I like it here
all comfortable,
I feel the urge to stretch out my arms
raise my hands to the sky
and
in the words of Lady GaGa
shout...


I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way


like it or leave it or plug on into it and grab hold and grow.
Fear
I'm done with you,
Love and Courage and Hope
they are taking their place
over lying all that fear and uncertainly and unworthiness....pushing it all aside to bloom.


The world better watch out...
don't know what might happen
now that I'm about to let all my true colors unfold....
I'm not gonna worry about it..
I'm gonna shout it out...
True colors are beautiful...
like the rainbow...
cause
I was born this way!!!!


So what holds you at bay????
What binds you up,
What keeps you scared and hiding down underneath all
those layers of crap the world places on your uniqueness...


Come on..
Don't be afraid,
Let it out,
Let your true colors show..
for the world needs more color in the rainbow!!!!






Happy Wednesday and Hugs to all of you.