"I am" My True Self (from my Shadow Journal)

From my Shadow Journal: "I am of life, I belong to the sun, the moon accompanies me, in every step I take. Reborn from hope, an old walk, from a frown on the forehead and absurd singing. I live a dance with a unique and singular rhythm, bare feet, dancing in the sea. Life surprises me in each illusion, each step, gives way to my passions. With each dawn I am reborn, with colors I enjoy my life. I smile because I can, because I breathe, is a new day today. I don't give anyone the power to make me happy, that is too much control over me, it's my choice to smile. The moon feeds my soul, my heart is warmed by the sun, a breath of air and my life was filled with reason. I do not fear the unknown, courageous risks I take, I am only afraid of denying my nomadic heart. What better joy, than loving yourself, than smiling at life, on each new path. Gypsy heart I was given, I am who I am, how I was born, head held high, free; living and dying." -Diana Chiques A Shadow Journal is kind of a diary where you write all about your "shadow work" (shadow work can be simply define as the process of re-discovering and re-defining your true self). This was around the time I was ready to accept myself. I wrote this 6 years ago. Around that time, I had started teaching Yoga. By then, I had been practicing for years and suddenly felt the need to share Yoga. When I started practicing Yoga-asanas I was around 15yrs old, I used to practice the asanas hiding in my room because I was afraid about what my catholic father and my who-knows-what-religion-but-religious-none-the-less mother would think or say; 15yrs later I found out they did not care, but back then I was "afraid". As I grew in years and knowledge I started opening up a bit more about that hidden side of me although I kept hidden pretty much everything else from my family for the same reasons; you gotta know your family, and I know mine very well. Since very little I knew I had to wait to live in full of my abilities and what I knew to be true about the other face of life, that I had to learn more, know more, practice, develop, communicate better, be wiser and that there will come a time when I would be ready to open up and share (I also had many lessons that for moments took me very far from this personal understanding and I will share those another day). Anywho, about 6-7 yrs ago I started teaching Yoga and another wave of healing covered me with growth, healing and learning (a very special one). Sharing Yoga and seeing its benefits reflected in the people who came to me, help me grow in a new and exciting way. It was also around the time when I started to truly accept my purpose. What I wrote is my essence and a declaration of my true self, a statement for myself and to help those who read it to better understand, accept and take part of this important step of the journey where you become your true self. The Spiritual Journey, which I call the "transformation journey" as well, has many steps and is "go-ing", eternal movement. To know yourself in such a way is a blessing, once this step is achieved, no matter what happens in one's life you will always carry with you your truth and that will become your reality. To better understand what I mean by "steps" and relate it with it, we could say this "step" is the manifestation of opening, connecting and having a healthy flow of energy in Muladhara, Svadhistana and Manipura Chakras (but thats to simplify the answer, ill explain better in another post). Follow the path of self-transformation and you will come to know your true self. May this help someone Blessed be Alchemist Eyes