Sexy & Spiritual

I recently ran into a dear relative of mine who happens to be an avid reader of my blog. She said point blank, “we sit around the table and ask ourselves what is Gilda trying to tell us?” So, what am I trying to tell you? I can assure you one thing, that I am not the same person I was yesterday, and certainly not the same person who started this blog a year and a half ago, therefore my message each week is on an evolutionary scale. This is not to say that I don’t stand behind the words I wrote in blog one. One thing that is consistent is that I write from the heart. I also write with the purpose to inspire by example. To possibly affect change in your life by telling you some of my mistakes and mishaps. I like to think that my imperfections are made a little less imperfect if they can help even one person in the smallest of ways.

I clearly have opinions that I want to express, but I equally enjoy receiving messages from people who may think differently. I am also slowly reawakening to my own spiritual connection to others and the world around me. I recognize that this may make some people feel uncomfortable.

There is one point that I think consistently gets overlooked when talking about someone’s spiritual journey. Namely, that it does not mean that other life pleasures are ignored or less significant. I can love fashion and dressing up and putting on makeup and still seek to know the meaning behind my current soul presence on earth. I can enjoy designing a room and still be moved by a passage in a book that talks about the love God has for each of us.

This also doesn’t exonerate me from falling flat on my face as a parent when dealing with my children when they are being rude to me. The manner in which I express my anger with their behaviour, for example, may not be something I am proud of but that doesn’t make me a spiritual hypocrite. Why can’t I feel sexy in a bikini and still want to grow as a spiritual being? It’s all me! Every moment, every action, every word spoken, every feeling—both positive and negative—is all me.

I know you have heard this before but take it in again, you and I are exactly where we need to be in this moment. You and I are exactly who we need to be in this moment. Who we are is not one thing or another but many different things that make up the whole of who we are, imperfections and all. You are not just a father, or a mother, or a daughter or a lover. You have many parts of you that make you uniquely you.

So shed misconceptions about others by shedding misconceptions about yourself first. You are more than who you think you are just as I am more than who I present myself to be on a given day or even moment, with various people. Some weeks I may write a blog about pet peeves, and other times I may speak of something that stirred my soul. The point is it’s all me. I hope you see yourself too in all your multifaceted glory. Don’t be afraid to be sexy and spiritual all in the same day, or heck…in the same moment!