Hello beautiful humans,
My name is Darius,
And I have a question for you.
Have you ever reclaimed a word?
A word,
A concept,
A belief.
Let me give you an example.
God.
The concept of God,
The belief in God,
The word God.
It's the number,
I believe,
Two reason that people unsubscribe or unfollow me is I say the word God in a podcast and a meditation and people are like,
I liked you until you said that word.
And as a recovering people pleaser,
That's hard.
As hard as someone that deeply cares about people.
And wants to create safety for people is hard.
I remember when that first happened,
I'm like,
I'm not going to say this word anymore.
It's too controversial.
It's too complicated.
It's,
You know,
Hurts people because some.
Organizations and groups and governments have manipulated the word and the belief to create tremendous harm.
And so I don't want to upset someone,
So I'm going to stop using the word.
And the thing about that is it wasn't true.
It wasn't honest for me.
I was pretending.
I didn't have a relationship with God,
And I'm just going to be honest with you,
When I talk about God,
It's in no religious manner.
And it's a deeply powerful connection.
With God and it's not universe,
It's not higher self,
It's actually God.
And now the interpretation of God that I am using is very subjective.
It's like my closest friend.
It's a homie.
It's.
It's it's just this entity,
This source that is infinitely supportive,
Kind,
Loving.
And I just want to pour my heart out to God.
And I write letters to God and I tell God I love God.
And sometimes God is gendered,
But that's not really an important thing for me.
It's not a thing.
Dude with a white beard.
That's not what God is.
I don't know what God is,
But I know I have an incredible relationship with God,
And it's served me tremendously.
And so now why would I lie about that?
Why would I hide that?
And so yes,
This is a story about God.
But it's actually a story about something much broader.
Are there concepts in your own life?
That because a bunch of A-holes,
Let's just say it.
Have done some terrible things and use that word,
That concept.
And then what?
Is the solution from there to be like,
You take it now.
Or do we reclaim it and say,
Forget you?
You will not have this.
You will not taint this.
You will not ruin this.
I will be an example.
For this concept,
This word,
This belief,
A positive example.
And I haven't just done this with God,
I'm gonna be real.
I've done this with the concept of artists,
I've done this with the concept of money,
I've done this with the concept of what it means to be a man.
I'm not trying to say I know the answer to any of those definitively.
But I know that Some people have done some terrible things with those concepts.
And I have a deep connection to those concepts.
And instead of letting them have it,
I'm like,
No.
I will reclaim it and I will be a positive example for these words,
These beliefs,
These concepts.
So that The last thing people remember aren't these people who are doing some malicious terrible things but rather some.
KIND Humble,
Honest examples.
Of all of those things.
Now maybe I've lost you.
I've made several videos in the last few weeks and my heart was just saying D.
Let's push.
Let's push.
Let's get even more real,
Even more honest.
And if nobody gets it,
Nobody receives it,
That's okay.
But my invitation to you if you are open to it.
Slow down.
The deep breath.
Sit back.
Into the seat of your soul.
Notice and see.
If there are any.
Words,
Beliefs,
Concepts.
That you have a connection to.
That you would like to reclaim.
And proudly represent.
Maybe you do,
Maybe you don't.
Either way,
Thank you.
Thank you,
Thank you for listening.
For sharing your ears,
Sharing your heart,
Sharing your.
And let me know,
Let me know in the comments below.
If there is a concept.
That you are ready to reclaim.
Thank you for watching,
My name's Darius,
And I'll see you next time.
