(this post is part of a challenge I’m doing where I go 30 days of November doing something that scares me, challenges me, or just is outside of my comfort zone, you can view the start of this here: 30 Days of Embracing YES )
“. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?”
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”
You’re probably wondering why I combined these days but shocker I didn’t succeed on the 6th. On the 6th I started off the day with a dear friend going over a list of fears and resentments. We in detail talked about my fears and how to let them go. I would have wrote a post about it because it is challenging….talking about fears and listing actual resentments down on paper. So often we stuff away our problems and tie them away in the back of our memories where they can be suppressed and brought up in different ways in our future. I would have write about it more but this whole write every day thing is getting hard. I don’t want to bore you people with my everyday journaling. It is although nice being held accountable for this fear challenge. I feel like it’s opening me up a lot.
This morning my challenge was to go to coffee with a stranger! I think that being able to be open and honest with strangers is very important. There is a relief in being exactly who you are and not being uncomfortable by hiding your true self. I met Kielie at yoga and I remember her from a year ago. She always wore these health coach tank tops and I would see her everyday and wonder what kind of coaching she did….back when I used to be completely distracted by peoples outfits a year ago in yoga. Anyway I’ve never talked to her before and she hasn’t been to the studio in forever but started going again a month or so ago and then I met her randomly and found out she does these free outdoor workouts on Mondays and Saturdays so we suggested we do “coffee with a stranger” since I was doing this challenge. It was a good time and easy to talk probably because we have lots in common (health, yoga). It’s good to get out of your comfort zone and meet new people. Being safe in our little social cocoons is something I need to work on, and today I faced one of my fears.
