What the Shaman says!

I get almost daily emails from my friend, Tom, the Shaman. They are called, "Today's meditation."

Every time he sends me one, it seems to be exactly what I am thinking about or need to hear. Today's was no different.

I went to a wedding tonight and found myself wanting to just dance and twirl around in circles. But stopped myself because, "What will people say?"

Came home and read the meditation. Here it is in a condensed version:
(I will call it, "Who is the real me?")

There is only one person in the entire universe that you have the power to change and that person is you. There may be instances where you believe you changed those around you, but you never did and can never do. If somebody around you changed, it's because they chose to change them self. The same goes for your self. Nobody can change you. Only you have that power and that choice to change.

Others can influence your desire to change and even provide you with suggestions and ideas but it is always up to you to make the choice to change.

To become the real you, you must consider what that really means. The real you is that person inside that you genuinely and truly desire to become. The real you is that part of you that takes on any challenge and sees past all
your obstacles. Nothing can stop you from becoming the real you, except you.

The real you already exists. That's why you have the ability to become that person. That's why you have the desires you have, because they already exist deep within you and are pushing outward. Becoming the real you has to do with chipping away the negative you through unconditional love and acceptance and allowing the real you to be... for all of us to be.

Just something to think about.