#comeoutofhiding

[nonnienautskie]

I sit here draped in crimson, a bold contrast to the emerald leaves that try to shroud me. I am realizing that while the bushes offer a temporary sanctuary, my soul was never meant to be hidden behind emerald plants. 👉website: nonnie.bio.link

[stacieoverman]

I have to admit…. I am a pretty confident gal however, during my fluffy years I found myself hiding! Trying to hide my gut, trying to stay out of picture opportunities. Trying to lose just right to appear thinner. 😞 It was tiring! Plus it hit and affected my confidence! I didn’t realize it so much until now! Can you relate?!!! 🎯 I am sooooo HAPPY to COME OUT OF HIDING! I am me again! I happy in my body again! 🔥 This program melted away my extra 35lbs! 🔥 Rebuilt my confidence 🔥 Got rid of my belly bloat 🔥 Taught me a healthy way to eat 🔥 Now I sleep like a baby & no snoring! PLUS, my husband seen how great it worked for me he has jumped in! Ever sooo GRATEFUL! 🔊52 years young, full on menopause, breast cancer survivor went from over 205 lbs to 170 lbs! Only 5 more lbs to go and I will be more focused on wellness rather weightloss. Message me if you would like details. 💗 ~Stacie : : : #weghtloss #wellness #empoweringwoman #confidence #comeoutofhiding #woman #breastcancersurvivor #lifeistooshort #lifefortoday #youareworthy (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPvepZtnlK6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[shiftingtheparadigm]

It’s time to be me!

One of my main missions in life is coming out and learning how to be myself authentically in the world and encouraging others to do the same. I am tired of staying cooped up inside because others may not understand me, agree with me, think I am odd or are jealous of me. 

I’m tired of dimming my light so I don’t shine too brightly for others to see. I am tired of running back in once I have ventured out because once I started expressing who I was, I did not like the feedback from others or did not like what I saw. 

I have been scared most of my life that I wasn’t okay. That I wasn’t good enough. I have been carrying the black sheep mentality. That has been one of my roles. Guess what? I quit. 

When we start coming out, it is not always pretty or perfect. In fact, it can be scary and messy. But, if you keep walking, if you keep venturing, you will grow your courage muscles, you will eventually fly. It may take a moment to gain your balance and strength but if you stay committed, you will emerge ~ beautifully.

No one else can see what you see. No one else can hear what you hear. No one else is living the same expression as you are. We are all learning to express our unique and true nature.

I’m ready to tune into my home frequency. To dance to the song that wants to play through me specifically. I am ready to show up as my version of me.

 I don’t need anyone’s approval. It’s okay if others don’t understand me or agree with me. I must be willing to come out and learn who I am. We can’t truly see who we are when we can only see ourselves from within. I know that person well. It is time to pull myself out and have the courage to interact in the world as my true expression.

[herfinesse]

Out of Hiding (Official Lyric Video) 

by Steffany Gretzinger - Amanda Cook

[different-functional-blog]

A smile can hide so much. It can deceive without intending to. It can say "I'm okay." even when you're falling apart inside. It can say "I've got my hands on the wheel and I'm in control." diverting attention away from the white-knuckle grip you have on the steering wheel. It can say "I've lived through worse so I'll be fine." invalidating the difficulty of the present challenge with irrelevant comparison. That smile can be the crutch propping you up when you'd otherwise collapse. And all too often your own smile can lie through its teeth so well that even you believe the hype, tricking you into thinking you have to go it alone...into thinking that your pain is unimportant and your feelings are invalid...into believing that you have to be "stronger"...into feeling like it's your responsibility to hold it together for everyone else....into berating yourself for any perceived inner weakness. Never take a smile for a granted, whether it is your own or it belongs to someone else. Don't automatically assume that it's a universal and undeniable symbol of "okayness". Fear, doubt, insecurity, pain, or and excessive sense of responsibility for others are all things that hide entirely too well behind a smile. And sometimes that smile is the only visible evidence you have that there's something and someone needing to be loved, nurtured, supported and healed. #hidingbehindasmile #comeoutofhiding #reflections #youdonthavetogoitalone #speakup #loveyourself #givelove #smile #vulnerability #readbetweenthelines #beobservant #beattentive #nurture #receivelove #askforwhatyouneed #youdeservelove #youareenough #knowyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/Boj3vmfHqWT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14cs361jl2x8k

[heatheramour-blog-blog]

Ok, apparently the signs are everywhere tonight. Fine, point taken!!!! @bvidales #thesignsareeverywhere #comeoutofhiding #takingatimeout

[naomicorley]

"You're not meant to be here, you're meant to be seen and you're meant to be heard"

Those words she spoke over me cut me like a knife.

An increasing feeling of sickness straight in the pit of my stomach as I stood behind scenes organising, planning, running errands, but yet completely invisible. My outer exterior completely composed but obviously that day her eyes caught sight of my soul. My inside wants and desires, the calling I had, the adventure sitting within me. Yet I kept myself within the shadows - unnoticed and unheard. After all, it’s more comfortable standing here isn’t it?

Well those were my thoughts until these words were whispered in to my ear and oil used for anointing people was poured on to my hand. Now suddenly my eyes are filling with tears - tears I’m trying my hardest to fight back as I try to remain composed and on duty; but it broke me. Tears of realisation that I don’t know my own potential, that I keep myself in the backstage area, bottling up what lies within me because I don’t understand it. It scares me. It offends others. Others don’t know me, they just know what I am good at, so they place me in areas of invisible tasks and I accept. Yes, they know what I’m good at, but they don’t know what I’m capable of. I don’t know what I’m capable of. But I guess I’ll never know unless I choose to release myself from the dimly lit, behind-the-curtain lifestyle. Now all I feel standing here is uncertainty and an urge to move out, but I remain because this is where I have been assigned to, I have a task to do here. As hard as I try to ignore, this place no longer feels comfortable because this isn’t where I should be.

Because maybe, just maybe, I was not made for the shadows. Maybe I was made to be seen.

[nelly-95]

I need friends that live in Vegas... like where you guys at? 🙄😔