You are not too much

When our aim is to be uplifting to others, we can come to feel that honest reflections on challenging periods or experiences have no place in the current reality though sometimes these things crop up in conversation.  What should we do with them?  Allow the conversation to turn from being only an uplifting exchange?  Quickly change the subject?  It all depends on how you feel.  If you’re at peace with yourself and can see your experiences as teachers, it may be beneficial to let past experience flow into the present for what it may offer you in understanding or another in support. Challenges don’t have to be perceived as negative downers.  How topics flow all depends on listening to yourself and trusting yourself to know when to listen and when to speak. Distractions happen and old protective patterns may play.  The most important thing to remember as you navigate personal expression, boundaries, and vulnerability is that it’s okay to let others hear you and you’re not alone.  Whatever you have experienced has value in it’s lessons.  You are not too much for this world that birthed you and your experiences, but a worthy expression of everything you have endured.