From Masks to Metamorphosis

There are many of us out there who have felt as though we have had to wear a mask. To hide the self that we truly are. We may have even felt that in order to fit in, to be loved, and accepted, we have had to disguise ourselves. Be who others told us that we were, or how we felt it was appropriate to be, just to fit in, to be "normal", to feel loved. Many out there are feeling torn. They no longer desire to burden themselves down with the many layers of masks that they have put on. They are tired of hiding their light and pretending to be who they are not.
At the same time they hold a fear around dropping their masks to free themselves and be the authentic version of who they really are. People in this world desire to feel and know they are loved, to be free! Most of this life many have been told how to live and what to believe. There are people who are waking up now and starting to question those very beliefs and the upbringing that has shaped
them into who they thought they were meant to be, supposed to be.
This can feel as though a person is trapped and that there is no way out. There is hope and there is in fact a way out. It may not be what you, or I think, or expect though, because the answers, the key actually resides inside. There is no need to search outside. It has been there all along. Now is the moment in which to choose whether or not you want to know your own truth and live it. The choice to live in your bliss and Joy!
This personal transformation can then be compared to the metamorphosis of the caterpillar to the butterfly. While the caterpillar is in its own right a beautiful creature. Its life is spent crawling around in the dirt and somewhat limited. Whereas, when the caterpillar chooses to become the butterfly it goes through a metamorphosis. It is no longer limited to crawling around on the ground. The butterfly's now free to go and experience what it chooses. Through this change the caterpillar has become free and even more magnificent and beautiful than it once was. Like you, this was always inside of that amazing little caterpillar. There is a butterfly inside us all longing to be free and to experience the life that we were truly meant to experience.