For me, Pride is an opportunity to celebrate unbridled self-expression. We all have a vibrant, creative, and daring self that resides within us. This is the part of you that loves to be alive, that loves people, that is creative, bold, courageous and awesome. Only when this inner self steps into the world do we truly come to life. From feeling isolated, we transcend to being interconnected, immersing ourselves fully in life.
True empowerment arises the moment we stop blaming our environment, our circumstances, our culture, what others say or our past for my ability to express this Self. When we take ownership of our ability to be proud and be expressed no matter what, we find that that Self is actually more powerful than we ever imagined.
However, there’s no prescribed path to expression. Even the notion of an “authentic self” can also be limiting. Who you really are is a vast space of endless possibilities. You can add every color to the world or choose not to. You are free to embody any letter of the alphabet, and you alone get to define what that is.
Happy Pride, y’all!
Nathan
