What if you're not your ancestors' greatest dreams?
๐ช๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ? ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ? ๐ โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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What if you broke the mold of what was anticipated of your gender, age, or racial identity hxstorically? What if they saw your choices in life as an act of betrayal? And what if YOU are essentially becoming the ancestor you prayed for?โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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I donโt want to romanticize the role of ancestor work. Not all of us will be happy with what we find. Most days, I donโt hear their messages at all. But when I envision the ancestor Iโm becoming, I get really excited to meet her. I think about ways to reach her sooner. She tells me to be patient, and that she is proud of me for all the silly mistakes and the risks I will take that will eventually lead to her. She is wise and joyful, with smile wrinkles to prove it. She is at peace, with nowhere to go and nothing to prove. She tells me that I will surprisingly get to my elder self by tending more to my inner child through play (if I want to meet this version of her).โฃโฃ
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โฃโฃ When Iโm tired or sad, sheโll ask me, โWhen was the last time you sang/danced/prayed?โ She tells me of the hundreds of people I will help to serve as aspiring storytellers, and that their actions will ripple into future generationsโ lives for the better. The path will not be easy, but stick to it if I want to meet her. The more I sit with her, the more possibilities she reveals to me! She reminds me of why Iโm doing this work in the first place.โฃ
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๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. Sometimes, theyโre the ones in the making (like children, such great teachers!). When I have a clear vision of the ancestor Iโm becoming, it becomes easier to embody her in the present moment in times of self-doubt and connect with her here and now. ๐๐พ