When I ask myself who I am being and how I am showing up in this world, I have always thought of myself in relation to others as “a being of service.” It has always been in the context of who do I need to be FOR others. 
It suddenly dawned on me I should be thinking, who do I need to be for ME?
If I am to be the change I wish to see in the world (which is what I aspire to); if I am to be living as an example of being one with the Divine and living outwardly as my Divine Light, then I need to reaffirm who I am being before I can think of who I am being to others.
I ask myself, what, if anything, do I feel is missing from me now? Am I taking care of my body, mind and health as I would like to be? Am I centering and meditating as much as I’d like? Am I truly being an example of how I wish to see others in the world? If I answer honestly, the answer is “not really.”
I now see that what I want to be focusing on is the inner me, which will (in turn) then project outwardly to the world.
That is how I will then be able to be here for others and to “be the change that I wish to see in the world.” By becoming who I wish to be, I could then lead by example. Love, compassion, truth and beauty needs to be a part of me first and who I am projecting. That is how I wish to show up in the world, in this moment in time on this Earth plane.
This is what I believe means to be genuine, authentic and walking the talk. Being FOR me means I wish to do it for me first and embody it before I can share it and teach it to others.
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