❤ Being Real

Namaste all,
Starting today with some wise words from #TheVelveteenRabbit  story.  It has a very beautiful conversation between two toys the rabbit and horse on “what is real”.   It is simply so amazing and so true.

What is REAL?” asked the Velveteen Rabbit one day… “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When someone loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.
“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand… once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”

“Once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand… once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”

If we read between lines, being real is all it takes.  In life most of us try doing and saying things for the sole purpose of “looking good”.  But isn't it simpler to be real?  When you have to tell someone “this is not right” all it takes is genuinely saying it.  If the saying is out of care and is “real” I am sure there will be no room for misunderstanding. With that said: Don’t compare your life to mine, you have no idea what my journey is about! Focus on where YOU’re going & stop concerning yourself with what you think of me or other people and their choices! Comparison is the thief of joy, enjoy your beautiful journey and appreciate how amazing it really is.