Namaste

There have been several defining things in my life that have forever changed me for the better. Some have been events, both bad and good that have opened my heart and eyes to new possibilities and some have been people who have challenged me to reframe my thinking. But, ultimately, I'm a words person. I love words. I write often as my primary way of understanding myself better and expressing my feelings. My love language, I've recently discovered, is "words of affirmation." (http://www.5lovelanguages.com) And I am not the least bit surprised, as I find so much joy in writing to those I love and expressing how they have changed and improved and brought light to my life. I keep several journals because my brain is usually overflowing with words in need of a permanent destination on paper. And, just as many people and events have, there have been several words, and the concepts behind them, that have changed me.

One of these words is "Namaste." Namaste is a greeting that essentially means "I bow to the divinity within you that is also in me." It is a great equalizer, an acknowledgement that we are all divine beings. What is divine in me is also divine in you, we are equally divine. Nothing about you makes you less important, worthy, or powerful than I am. And when I acknowledge those that I admire with Namaste I am empowering myself by reminding myself that I am just as awesome as they are. I am equivalent to them because God made us all in his beautiful image.

So remember Namaste and know that no one is better or more worthy than you are. But also remember that no one is worse or of less worth either. No one.