To my lovely friend Ell ~ What do you hide from? Do you hide from love? Maybe you hide from the truth, or your own feelings? We all hide from something at some point in our lives. Let’s face it… it’s a lot easier not to face some things. At least is seems that way… but is it really?

I believe that ‘hiding’ is clearly a form of denial. Anytime we are in denial about something it takes a good deal of energy to maintain that denial. We constantly are doing something or saying something, constantly thinking about how we can avoid something… that’s a lot of time and energy!

Now think about something that you are open about. Think about a new love. You are free to move toward that effortlessly. Every thing you do for that new love comes to you plainly and without any trouble. You share it with everyone you can. People see your joy and respond to you in kind. There is a ton of energy in love but it doesn’t feel like as much as hiding does it? Even a great project at work feels better than hiding. When there is confidence and little or no fear moving toward something is easy. Trying to stay away from something is hard. If you are trying to move forward… and someone is pushing against you, wouldn’t you say you are using a lot of energy? Now, if that same person was pulling you… you just got to move forward with a lot less energy. Hiding is having someone pushing against you all the time.

Come out of the shadows. Nasty, ugly things lurk in the shadows, and if you are hiding there long enough, I promise you, you WILL find them, or they will find you. Besides… it will make your life so much easier to come out of hiding.