Ahhhhhh♡ Compromise. Breatheeeee... The very moment that I received my word of the day, that which will bring me happiness throughout my journey today, I thought.. no, there can be no compromise. I glanced back to what I have been experiencing at work and my perspective changed. I see the message and understand its dutiful purpose.
Half techniques, doings, compromises most often add to the confusion, for they sit inside the ego. Unless we can fully commit to the compromise, we are leaving something very important behind. So, today, I must choose to understand the why behind choosing a compromise.
And I begin to see... it's not about having to compromise... it's seeing from a perspective that compromise may not be the solution at all! I keep hearing, 'be yourself, whole & complete. Give all of you.' Compromise has the ability to become less than.
If I am trying to be someone else, someone that I am not, then I am not being me; I am compromising my truth. It's one thing to meet a situation, experience, or another, half way, to listen to different viewpoints, to understand, to gain new awareness & perspective; to work towards a harmony of opposing forces; this is all good; it can lead us to a better understanding & insight.
I have to know what I may be willing to give up or sacrifice; fully aware that I am not willing to give up my core values, beliefs, or my integrity. As I look back, I can see that the times that I have compromised my core values have always led to a place of discontent. and unhappiness. a struggle within. Therein lies the gift.
We live in a society that is so willing to compromise on what we believe deep within and the cost has been huge. It has the ability to drag us down, to hide our core, and take you to a place that you never wanted to be. I see now that to give up my own sense of truth is a denial of all that I have learned. Looking further into experiences, I can see this. That what I most wanted was approval, to be liked, by everyone, even when that 'everyone' stood against all that I believed or valued.
The goal of real compromise is not to accept standards that are lower than what is desirable or what we believe. Not at all. As I look back, I can see that where I was believing that I was compromising, I was, in fact, giving up; that which means the most to me.
So today, I will find a quiet place. I will sit in a space of acceptance, even if that space is one of confusion, sadness, contemplation. I will sit in this space, merely allowing and the answer will show itself. What are the compromises and what are the cores.
So today, happiness lies in my truth, my journey, my awareness♡ for this is where the love lay. I compromised on the photo... it really doesn't portray was i writing about... but it does make me happy! There, compromise does bring me happiness today♡
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