A mixture of chemicals and soulfulness.

I received one of the nicest compliments the other night.

My friend who I was travelling with made the comment that he loved being in my company because I allow myself to be 100% me. I was making toast on the floor of our cabin for the evening, singing badly, doing a dance on my knees, giggling away lost in my own world. Hearing his words overwhelmed me with love and gratitude and happiness. It gushed up from the pit of my belly and surged through my entire being. For he was right. I was totally being myself. And unapologetically so.

One of my ‘challenges’ (for lack of a better term) is to be just that – 100% me. I get in my head about stuff. I get self conscious. I get paranoid. And of course since doing all ‘the work’ these things have lessened as I get closer and closer to my essence, but in truth, they still exist.

This particular person has a way of allowing me to show up where I don’t apologise for being me. He celebrates my quirkiness as I do of his. He’s honest, brutally so, but in a way that doesn’t see me shy away from it, it makes me want to move closer to it. It makes me want to play and explore and experience more of myself.

One of the reasons I think I allow myself to unravel and unfold and untangle in this friendship is because I feel seen and I feel heard. Seen and heard in a way that makes my soul relax and breathe – restore. There is a curiosity that is offered that makes me feel supported in wherever I am at. Happy, sad, anxious, giddy. All of it. No judgement. Just being. I am overwhelmed by gratitude for his friendship.

This is just a short blog post in which I want to give thanks.

We all have these people, these very special people who allow us to be just us and whom we allow to be just them. It’s a mixture of chemicals and soulfulness and when it works it just works.

I give thanks for the first hello and the million things that have followed… motorbike rides + mojitos, emus + kangaroos, white sandy beaches, windy peaks, toilet stops, 3 sugars, jumpers, bad bad singing, steering wheel dance parties, cabin parties, midnight car parties, card games, dusk, relativising and so much more.

I invite you to give thanks for those very special people in your life that allow you to show up just as you are. It’s pretty bloody special when you think about it.