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Namah Vol. 25, Issue 1, 24th April 2017

toward the fear, imperfection, pain, ugliness, expect it to be some sort of perfect, ethereal
shame and guilt, rather than cowering from spiritual being, floating immunely through
a purely imagined and terrifying outcome. the world, defeats the purpose. The point
It may seem catch-22 to attempt courage is to live as flesh-and-blood human beings
to vanquish fear. But courage in this case amongst the chaos and cacophony of modern
simply means willingness and humility. times and yet retain an inner sense of calm,
The willingness to explore a power greater humour and equilibrium. Our true self is not
than our mortal selves in order to face the a perfect self nor does it strive to be. It is our
oppressive shadows that drain our spirit and best incarnation of our self with whom we
dim our light. Courage is: ‘I am willing. Please feel happy, loved, loving, healthy, peaceful,
support me and guide me.’ open, creative, confident, benevolent, curious,
energetic and inspired. And when we don’t
Striving for imperfection feel any or all of those things, we are still able
to feel deep compassion and empathy for all
The last thing to consider is the relationship the imperfect selves — ours and others — in
we have with this authentic self of ours. To this extraordinarily imperfect world.

Kelly Johnston is an integrative health coach and consultant based in Mexico City. She hosts a website
and blog at http://www.life-equilibrium.com.

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