with an individualized nature, even though they’re all the same breed. Their particular spark of Divinity in this lifetime carries its own signature, not generic to the breed. Similarly, siblings may come from the same family but each have strikingly different “natural” responses to their upbringing. We’re not meant to be homogenized. It’s not self-loving to fight one’s nature. The mandates of the tribe that lump us together and override the very flavor and spice we individually bring to the human soup must be overthrown by the commitment to honor our individualized nature.
It’s in my nature to talk to people, serve, philosophize, dig deep, theorize, obsess over astrology and metaphysics, hunger for the truth and be fascinated with the process of transformation. It’s also in my nature to need lots of fun time, be a homebody, play outside, be intense—futuristic— sensitive—analytical, play music, crave animal companions, be a moonstruck night owl under the magic of the stars and to desire change. I’ve often fantasized about leaving my counseling work to do something completely different, like run a B&B, a coffee shop, an import business, a theater company. In attempts to abandon my nature, these fantasies have filled me with wonderment. What would it be like to trade in my texture for another kind of fabric—a different quality of life? But endeavors to reject my nature and follow the lure of these daydreams inevitably result in a dead-end feeling—as if I had just stepped out of my body and was trying to replace it for another. I end up surrendering these prospects to an acceptance of who I am and what I came here to do. There truly is no other course.
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