Choosing a divorce and your happiness over an abusive marriage is wilderness.

Resigning from a job because of the lack of respect given to you is wilderness. Speaking up in such moments is braving the wilderness. Sometimes we do it out of respect and mostly out of fear. basically any person who has a higher authority than us. So many of us are petrified of correcting the mistakes of our professors, managers, parents, instructors etc. We don’t want to be the one standing on the edge and so we choose comfort over efforts, rumours over truth and ignorance over knowledge. There are countless times when we step back from our opinions and positions in fear of criticism, fear of becoming an outcast and in fear of failure. Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash The Wilderness True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are it requires you to be who you are. True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. And that is the catch, if you belong to yourself you will never have to belong anywhere else. Because if you don’t belong to yourself first, if you don’t value yourself first, if you don’t love yourself first and if you don’t believe in yourself first – you will never truly belong anywhere.

But it will never give you the satisfaction, love and fulfilment that you need. This disguise will definitely help you get the attention you want. In short, we just turn into people-pleasers. We try to hide our flaws, camouflage our true personas and manipulate others into liking us. In the process of fitting in and belonging someplace, we often try to change ourselves. Or the least that we expect is to belong in our families, to be supported in our failures and loved unconditionally. In today’s social media fiasco, we all want to be validated. We all want to be accepted and appreciated.

Photo by Felix Rostig on Unsplash True Belonging In ‘Braving the Wilderness’, Brené Brown talks about ‘The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.’ Wisdom? Confused? By the title of the book you must be thinking – Is this some sort of a travel safety guide for an African Safari? To answer your question – No, it is not. I hope you have fastened your seatbelts and are ready to zoom into the Weekend with some simple wisdom. #BookBingeFriday is here and today I am going to take you on a trip to the Wilderness! The book we are going to explore today is Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown.

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