Hey,
Creataholics.
I was recently on a run,
As I tend to do.
It's something that I've loved to do for quite some time.
And on this particular run,
I decided not to listen to a podcast or a book or music and just kind of take in everything that was around me.
And I found something really interesting.
I don't know where my head was or why it went to this particular place,
But I started looking at all of the front doors of these houses that I was passing.
And I thought to myself,
Isn't it funny that we spend so much time making the front of our house look beautiful,
Whether it's Halloween with decorations or whether it's Christmas hanging a wreath or just in general,
Having a welcome mat and having flowers on the front.
And most of us don't go through the front door.
We either drive into a dark,
Dingy garage or we go around the back.
And I'm guilty of that too.
I don't go through my front door.
I only open and close it when people come knocking.
I go through the back door of my house.
But it's so fascinating to me to think that we put so much effort into making the front of our house and our front door look as beautiful and as inviting as possible.
What a beautiful metaphor for life.
Thinking about how we can be very performative in a social setting or in a relationship where we want the person to think a certain way about us.
And sometimes we don't feel that way about ourselves,
Or we're stepping outside of alignment with who we truly are.
I guess the question is,
Where in our lives,
Where in your life,
Where in the world are you showing up with that front door energy?
The energy of I'm so busy concerning myself with how somebody's going to perceive me that I'm leaving myself short and I'm possibly not perceiving myself the way that I want them to perceive me or I'm projecting the way that I want them to perceive me.
So where is this performative aspect in your life showing up?
Everybody does it.
I'm guilty of it too.
I have performed for many people,
Figuratively as a musician and socially,
And I'm working hard on that in my own personal growth of showing up as my honest,
Authentic self,
Even if it's not something that the person probably wants to hear.
Like how was your day?
It kind of sucks.
I kind of had a crappy day,
And it's okay to have crappy days.
But I never used to have crappy days because I would pretend that every day was awesome.
And I think that there's so many places in our life that we can show up where we're not being our authentic self,
And we're not truly showing how we're feeling in that moment because we're not okay with it.
It's okay to be sad.
It's okay to be angry.
It's okay to have emotions.
And sometimes we want to put a wreath or flowers or a map that says welcome when we're talking to people ahead of time so that they don't see that side of you,
Or they don't see the true feelings that you're feeling in that moment.
So take a moment at the end of this podcast and just maybe sit for a bit and just kind of ask yourself,
Where am I showing up with front door energy?
And why am I taking the back door?
And could I make my back door a little bit more beautiful?
I don't know.
It's up to you.
You get to choose that.
And you get to choose how you enter your space,
Enter your home.
And how you enter your space and how you enter your home is the most important thing because it's your home.
It's your space.
And other people,
They can enter your space and know that your space is not trying to impress them.
Your space is just your space.
Where are you showing up with that front door energy?
Peace and love.
