{"id":237,"date":"2011-07-07T01:11:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T06:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/2011\/07\/07\/live-your-truth\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T04:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:57:57","slug":"live-your-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/live-your-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Your Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Countless people each day wage their own beautiful, often secret, battle to live true to their heart. I witness this magnificent process of inner liberation everywhere I go, through the ordinary miracles of everyday life. This planet we inhabit, I believe, is a boarding school for our souls. We are here to polish ourselves into diamonds as we move through each new life experience, gradually improving, on our way to graduation. Let\u2019s learn our lessons well and graduate with flying colors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As most of the world continually moves forward enacting legislation to include LGBTQIA people in equal civil rights laws, I\u2019ve been contemplating the deeper significance of living one\u2019s truth. The early \u201cgay rights\u201d pioneers, like all who have fought for civil rights, courageously lived their truth and stood up to create a brighter future for us all. I believe everyone in their unique way has at one time or another felt like an outsider. Everyone can relate to the struggle of expressing one\u2019s inner reality in a world that often tells us our inner reality isn\u2019t good enough. From birth, we are painted in other people\u2019s images, judged by other people\u2019s expectations of us, who we should become, how we should live. Whoever we are, wherever we grew up, the messages we are brainwashed with are often far from our inner truth. I wish someone in every child\u2019s life would tell them simply: Live Your Truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of my favorite Broadway musicals, Billy Elliot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In both NYC and London, I\u2019ve had the pleasure of seeing the musical \u201cBilly Elliot,\u201d based on the Oscar-winning film. It\u2019s the funny and dramatic story of a boy in the UK named Billy who triumphantly lives true to himself no matter what his circumstances \u2014 in his case, growing up in an impoverished coal mining town to become a world-class ballet dancer. (Now that\u2019s a real rarity!) Billy rejects the life others expect of him, and seeks the life of his heart\u2019s dreams. He follows his truth, no matter how impossible it seems, no matter how he feels like a unicorn. In doing so, he finds his true happiness and a whole new world opens up for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jonathan
I think I spotted Jonathan Livingston Seagull in Punta Mita, MX<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I think if everyone lived true to their heart, we would all feel like unicorns. Ironically, it seems the reason many people fail to live as the oddball unicorn they feel inside is because they\u2019re afraid of being lonely. That\u2019s the trick about being a unicorn. When you hide your true identity, and pretend to be a donkey, then other unicorns can\u2019t see who you really are. Only when you are strong enough to become the person you were born to be, a unicorn, then you shine so bright you naturally attract other unicorns to you, and inspire others to do the same. When you live your truth, your deepest energy is set free to create the life of your best self, your highest potential.\u00a0 Everything becomes a teachable moment, every experience enriches your soul. By living your truth, every negative can be transformed into a positive, and all shadows can be illuminated by light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mt
Glorious hike through Spring Mountains National Park, NV<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We are here to reveal our greatest self, to fulfill our noblest aspirations, and create glory in our daily life, no matter how common our lives may appear outwardly. The very fact we are here is enough reason to rejoice. Our souls have won the celestial lottery and made it to this floating orb in space for a chance to gain the spiritual wisdom hidden in this physical realm! Congratulations! This Earth is like a speed course for soul learning, and society is a master class in spiritual evolution. Please don\u2019t waste your precious time here! The very fact you made it to this planet means you are worthy. Live up to yourself, your true self \u2014 live up to your admission in this school of the spirit by becoming the diamond you were born to be. How can you start forging your life into a shining jewel, when you sometimes feel it is nothing more than coal? The answer is simple: Live Your Truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wowed by fireworks at the Park Hyatt Aviara, Carlsbad, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The process of starting to live one\u2019s truth is usually difficult, depending on how far from your truth the surface of your life is. However, the rewards you will gain by living a true life are far greater than any pain in letting go of a false one. Opening your heart to your true self is the Independence Day of your soul. As you peel away layers of falsehoods that have piled upon your heart since childhood, and let go of the past, be prepared for inner battles between your false self and your true self.\u00a0 Be brave, and remember that falsehoods are ultimately weak. Be strong, and you will win over each obstacle. If there are days when you feel like you are swimming in a sea of suffering, just keep heading toward the lighthouse in your heart. \u201cJust keep swimming,\u201d as the beloved animated character Dori says. There is a peaceful cove of happiness waiting for you, with armies of other unicorns like you who made it safely to shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never give up. Be yourself. Live Your Truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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