How much of your daily waking life is spent living in a pattern or story vs. living from Truth?  If you are like me, the stories that govern how I live, love, react to the world, think, and behave come from long established patterns that are mostly unconscious.  Many of these stories are simply fiction.  How I see myself and how I see others is frequently though the cataracts of past mistakes, wounds, or fears.

We usually send our ‘rep’ or our representative into the world ahead of us.  The Rep’s job is to assess the risk factors of becoming real and authentic.  We’ve learned through a lifetime of learning when it is safe to be authentic and in Truth vs when to put our Rep out there who is trying to impress, hide, get approval, love and most of all, keep us safe.  Playing it safe is ok, but is that what you want?

Sometimes, I will have a client fire their Rep for even a minute.  The Rep is the censoring aspect of the Self.  What if you took one minute with a friend and just said out-loud everything you thought in your mind.  No censoring.  Just let it flow. You may find some freedom, fun and a bit of fear when the voice is given permission to express what the mind is thinking.  If you don’t get slapped for some obscene comment, you may discover something about yourself.  Your Rep runs much of your life.  I suggest practicing this with a trusted friend or lover to start.  Fire your Rep and live bigger.

Thanks Jim Mitchell for who you are and showing so many of us about firing our Rep.