Today, after only a few hours at work, I stepped out of the daycare center and felt an overwhelming tension in my chest. Everything felt foreign and distant. My breath was shallow, and a flood of thoughts rushed through my mind.
I crossed a large bridge and paused to look down over the city. Something in me needed stillness—to go inward and ask: What’s happening inside?
Being a visual person, I immediately saw an image in my mind: a huge water balloon, heavy and on the verge of bursting. I felt the weight of it—emotionally, physically—and then the tears came. Just like clouds that can no longer hold the weight of summer rain, my tears fell freely. And with them, came relief.
As they rolled down my cheeks, I reflected on my life. There have been beautiful moments. But I asked myself, Have I really dared to dream big? And if not, what is holding me back? Why do I sometimes feel that life is something I just have to get through, instead of something I can fully embrace?
We tell ourselves that “now” isn’t the right time. We postpone joy, rest, change. We wait for the children to grow up, for the right partner, for more money, less responsibility, the perfect moment. But what if we only had 24 hours left to live? Would we still be waiting?
Too often, our reasons become our excuses. We say it’s the job, the relationship, the housework, or the money. And maybe those things matter. But the deeper truth is: if it doesn’t make you happy—something needs to shift.
Neville Goddard once said, “The word ‘impossible’ does not exist in my vocabulary.” What if we removed it from ours too? What if we chose to believe that life supports us when we dare to trust our inner voice?
We spend so much energy focused on why things can’t change. What would happen if we gave that same energy to how they might?
Standing on that bridge, I realized how often I’ve given my energy away—pouring it into other people’s needs, hoping that maybe, eventually, someone would fill mine. That’s beautiful in its own way—but only if we don’t sacrifice ourselves in the process.
Our inner voice knows. It tells us quietly when we’ve wandered too far from our truth. But we’ve been taught to ignore it—to be sensible, to be “good girls,” to stay in line.
There’s a saying: “Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere.” Maybe we’ve misunderstood what being “good” really means. Goodness, in its highest form, starts with truth. It starts with doing what lights you up from the inside.
In my case, I had to ask: Am I living to serve others? Or am I doing what makes my soul sing?
Time passes. Life doesn’t wait. If we want to feel fully alive, we have to be willing to look at the beliefs and fears that keep us stuck. We must ask, Is it really true that I can’t change this? Or am I hiding behind an old story because I’m afraid of what change might demand of me?
We have to be honest—with deep, compassionate clarity. Real happiness is not found in the approval of others, or in waiting for perfect conditions. It’s found when we take full responsibility for the direction of our lives.
Like Neville says, “I AM” is the most powerful phrase in the universe—whatever follows it shapes our world.
Everyone has to be something. Even those who feel lost still carry an identity.
So I ask you the same question I asked myself on that bridge:
Who are you? And who are you becoming?Who Are You—Really?