If I asked, what do you do? What would you say? The words we use to label ourselves carry energy. These, arguably, "made up" labels can allow us to expand beyond our capacities, or they can keep us stuck in a box of our own making.

“As long as you have something to prove or something to protect you fall into negative or judgmental thinking.” - Richard Rohr

Last week, I had a humbling experience during a facilitator training I'm in. As I entered the meeting, I saw the guest teacher was a leader in the personal growth space and someone I've followed since 2015.

The irony is we’re trying to talk about something that has no words. As St. Augustine said, “If you can comprehend it, it’s not God.”

You might ask, Lou, what meds are you on? Are you hallucinating? I am not. Well...maybe I am. As Nietzsche Said, "Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

There's power to vulnerably sharing your suffering because it gives others permission to own theirs. As the saying goes, what's most personal is most universal. As we drop the facade and let people in, we find the support we did and did not know we needed.