It’s in your Nature
Supposedly, all the answers to life’s riddles are right in front of us—in our own “backyard.” I believe they reside in our nature. If we could simply stop resisting who we are, we might just discover the combination lock that liberates our soul from its prison of repression. One’s nature is a quality of being and expression—an intrinsic response to our existence. The nature of a butterfly is vitally different from the nature of a snake. Both are being true to themselves and couldn’t trade places if they tried. Yet we humans attempt to homogenize ourselves and swap natures as if they were costumes. But, more than just an outfit, our natures are built into the very fabric of our being. Consequently, it’s really painful when we deny our nature and attempt to live a life counter to our core.
We often spend years trying to override our nature. We think that someone else’s nature is more desirable and try on their essence like clothing that’s the wrong size and style. We put ourselves through contortions to fit into that attire because supposedly it’s better than our natural self. To walk a path contrary to our nature only leads to unhappiness and struggle because we’re out of synch with ourselves. We give others the power to judge our nature which erodes self-esteem.
Our nature is designed to be the optimum channel for the soul’s expression in this lifetime. So it must celebrated. Otherwise we live a life of censorship—our natural tendencies locked in a straightjacket that suffocates the psyche. We can’t obliterate our fundamental nature.
I’ve had many dogs, each of them