I Lived In A Cage and It Sucked

I recently bought Glennon Doyle’s book “Untamed” and I’m so glad I did. I’m resonating with her stories. She’s like my sister from another mister, who like me lived in a cage of expectations to be someone she wasn’t in order to fit in with everyone else.

While I’m not finished with the book, what I’ve read made me ask myself this question; am I living my truth and being the most uncaged version of me?

My answer…

Not completely and not in all the ways I can.

For example, I still have my moments when I don’t share my feelings to avoid rocking the boat. And most recently I realized that I was delaying (a nicer way of saying that I’ve been procrastinating) the work on my book, “The Stories I Told Myself” ….guess why? Writing it is requiring me to stand firmly in my truth, being the most vulnerable and raw that I’ve ever been.

BUT even though I have some work left to do, I’m proud to say, I’m living my truth more now than ever before. I’ve come out of my cage for the most part. (I think I still a few toes or maybe even a foot in the cage which is a heck of a lot better than my whole self.)

STEPPING OUT OF THE CAGE

Gloria Steinem, taking a verse from the Bible, once said…”The truth will set you free, but first, it will piss you off.” And as I think about living my truth untamed and uncaged (like Glennon) a sense of freedom washes over me. I can’t say it…