Wow, this was so raw and powerful! It has resonated with me on so many different levels, that I don’t even really know where to begin! The metaphor of your missing belt was beyond perfect. It is as the belt was holding the persona that you believed yourself to be intact, and making sure that it was in place for the world to see, not only externally, but internally to yourself as well. When the belt went ‘missing’, the wall started to crumble and fragments of your true self started to emerge.

I too am a regular person that holds all of the earthly labels that I have grown accustomed to such as I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a friend, a professional in my work environment. There was a time that these labels are the only ones that I associated with. It wasn’t until the last several years, that I have grown to learn and appreciate more about myself. This road of self-discovery has not been easy, especially with kids around that do not understand why there were days that ‘Mommy was crying’. It was the unlearning of everything that I was taught about myself. The release of ego of who I thought that I SHOULD be instead of embracing who I actually was. Giving myself permission to a state of just “being” instead of being concerned what I should be “doing”.