Inner Voices

When we are looking for inspiration we often forget how close it might be – right here inside us! We have many inner voices – the shoulda, woulda, couldas, for example – and many other negative, berating, societal lectures. But we each also carry our own truth. And if we are willing to listen, dialogue and reflect, we will find something uniquely our own.

I have several inner voices I cherish. The first one is a very young girl, who swam before she walked, threw herself with abandon into piles of autumn leaves, danced in the basement in her aunt Mickey’s old formals to the Blue Danube Waltz. She was left behind long ago. I often spend days carrying her on my hip to reassure her she will not be abandoned again, and to regain her burbling enthusiasm for life. I have another little girl -angry, sad, feeling she is no good for anything or anyone. I have learned to comfort her rather than follow her. My inner teenager is so naive, such a Good Girl, that I often takes long walks with an arm around her waist to embolden her to whisper her secret desires. She is fearless – we have been hang gliding, up in a hot air balloon, and next month are going skydiving! She likes to look ahead to the distance with eyes wide open.

And then there are my grandmothers – my Viking Valkyrie, my Welsh singer, my Irish Protestant Freedom Fighter. The older I get, the closer they appear, the clearer their voices, the more I listen.

These are all voices of my deepest self- not to be denied,  but to be listened to when in the decision making process.

Ask yourself –

Have I weeded out my Inner Voices, who to listen to, who to create boundaries around?

How often am I aware of them? Do they surface during certain emotions that I am feeling?

What might it feel like to trust the knowledge my deepest self has to offer?

Enjoy a quiet moment this week with one of your inner voices.

Patty & Suzanne