They say that familiarity breed contempt.

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This is particularly true when it comes to our community.

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When we grew up inside a group we see everything.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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It can be easy to resent our community and move away from it.

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For we have experienced first hand all the challenges.

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The pain it has caused us and the trauma it has inflicted.

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We can become so disheartened by it that we want nothing to do with it.

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Not only do we seek distance from it, we also do not want to be identified with it.

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So we reject it and it's place in our lives.

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Until we begin to find our healing path to wholeness.

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To that place where we can accept ourselves.

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All parts of ourselves.

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Including the community that we come from.

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When we heal from our trauma we can find a way to appreciate the good parts of our upbringing.

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The places where we had joy and nourishment from the traditions of the community.

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Yet this only occurs when we learn to fully accept ourselves.

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To accept where we come from our own unique place in our heritage.

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As long as we are fractured about our own past, we will never be able to see the good in it.

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So learning to accept all of traits that make the community we come from unique is a process of learning to accept all of ourselves.

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Even the parts we don't like.

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Especially the parts we have hidden away in the shadows our of fear or shame.

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Bringing all of ourselves to the light for all to behold gives us peace and calm.

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To do this it is essential for us to truly accept where we come from.

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All of it.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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So where are you not accepting your own community?

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What parts of yourself are you denying because of this lack of acceptance?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour