Are You Loud and Proud Of Who and What You Are?
I have just read an article by Julian Clary (a very camp, English comedian) in the August edition of Psychologies magazine, who states on his passport his occupation reads “Camp comic and renowned homosexual”, I laughed thinking how wonderful here is someone who is so obviously comfortable and proud with who and what he is.
It got me wondering how many of us are really comfortable with who and what we are, how many of us stand tall and proud in our skin and how many of us are too afraid to be who we really are in case it gets noticed and we become the recipient of disapproving looks from others.
Until recently I avoided putting “Psychic” in my occupation, I would just put Counsellor and Empowerment Coach, then one day I thought, I am Psychic and I’m proud to be, I’m proud of how I use my gift and it’s a part of who I am, (just like my wicked sense of humour is part of me, just as my beliefs in what is right and wrong is part of who I am, surviving a break-down made me partly who I am), so why shouldn’t I let people know, so what if someone else doesn’t approve, I only need my own approval.
I love who I am, I love who I am becoming, I make no apologies for “blowing my own trumpet”, it has been a long hard journey to get where I am and to become and accept who I am, and when I think of what I could have become, I’m proud I changed paths. I’m proud of all I achieved and I’m proud of the mistakes I made and the fact I learned from them instead of taking the easy way out and blaming someone else, because it’s only by admitting the part I have played in my journey that I have been able to recognise and change the bits I don’t like.
If you aren’t loud and proud of you then look at why and do whatever it takes to change that, until you do you won’t fully love yourself and your trumpet will be silent.
Okay all together pick up your trumpet and play “I’M PROUD OF ME”.
Blessings.