5 Things This Year Has Taught Me About Devotion — Part II
On becoming the leader that your purpose deserves
A few days ago, I shared with you 5 lessons this year taught me about devotion. And many have written to me to express how much they related to some of these points.
If you haven’t read it yet, you can find it through the link below:
That first set of teaching was mainly about the inner foundation I’ve had to put in place to remain devoted to what matters to my soul this year.
As promised the part II is here, and we’re going a bit deeper, but in a different way.
My hope with this series is that it serves as a guiding light in your journey of being devoted towards what matters most to you.
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Here are five more lessons this year taught me about devotion…
6. Devotion requires the courage to disappoint people.
This is most likely one of the hardest ones to follow. Because it may trigger some deep seated fears, such as humiliation, rejection or alienation. Can you relate?
This year I had to face the truth that I cannot be deeply devoted to my Soul and simultaneously be fully devoted to everyone else’s expectations.
This includes my audience!!! This includes people who have followed my work for a while now.
I’ve had to learn how not to let my work become my cage. To speak freely even when I suspect it may be a turn off to many.
I’ve had to increasingly make peace with the possibility of being seen as a fool and an outcast.
The big question is this: If honoring your truth may cause someone else to feel disappointed, can you let it be okay?
I’ve had to learn how to answer that question with ‘yes’ many times this year. And quite frankly, it is very liberating.
7. Devotion is what holds you when inspiration fades.
We all love feeling inspired. Well, I’d assume!
You know that feeling… as if God is flowing through you and your creative juices are abundant…
Well, inspiration is a spark. But you will lose that spark many times, and that’s okay… Or is it?
I’ve had to learn to let it be okay some more.
In total honesty sometimes I have the impression that I have felt empty this year more than I’ve felt overly inspired. Can you relate?
Devotion is the fire that keeps burning long after the spark fades.
This year showed me how easy it is to be devoted when you feel inspired, and how transformative it becomes when you choose devotion on the days where you feel empty, tired, uncertain, you know… human.
The question here is how good are you at loving yourself even when you feel uninspired?
8. Your devotion is an ecosystem that feeds your entire life, not just a mood.
This year taught me that devotion must permeate everything. I have many plates that I juggle, and I know we all do. My load isn’t special.
Yet my devotion needs to be something that impacts all these layers of my life: fatherhood, marriage, business, leadership, creativity, health, etc.
I am not okay with being devoted in my work and not so much as a father. This applies to all the other areas of my life.
To me, devotion is not something you “turn on” when you’re aligned and “turn off” when life gets loud. It’s a way of inhabiting your life. Of course, it is not perfect. But this is the standard I aspire to.
It reveals where your structures and habits don’t support your highest values. It invites you to build a life that can hold your light sustainably, not episodically.
Your life becomes the ecosystem where devotion can breathe. And for that to happen, you need to reduce the noise and simplify.
I’ve had to be even more selective with where my energy goes and focused on my spiritual hygiene.
9. Devotion requires a secure relationship with your own light and your shadow.
Your light is not neutral. It is an instrument of self liberation. And this year revealed to me all the ways I still negotiated with mine…
It revealed how I dimmed it to avoid being judged, how I softened it to not trigger anyone, how I sometimes hid behind humility to avoid becoming more visible. This amplified especially when my book came out, and I am still working through it.
Devotion is inviting me into a deeper relationship with my own light. And that also requires a healthier relationship with my own shadow.
This means building the capacity to not shut down my expression even when my insecurities flare up.
Devotion is the gateway to a secure attachment with your own light.
10. Devotion will demand that you go back to what you are truly doing all of this work for, again and again.
As spiritual seekers, it make sense to say things such as, I want to feel more whole, more free, more aligned with my soul, and more complete.
This all sounds good.
But I’ve had to translate these fancy spiritual terms into what truly makes sense to my human self.
At the end of the day. I am doing all this work to freaking enjoy life. To have fun with my kids. To be a good husband to Renee. To be a friend that my inner circle can rely on. To have thriving relationships.
All the spiritual work I do does not matter at all if I am a shit human being to be around.
Devotion brings you back to what matters most. And sometimes we get so lost in our spiritual pursuits that we forget it.
Devotion simplifies you. It reorganizes your life around what is essential. It strips away the noise, the distractions, the ego-driven pathways, and returns you to the altar of what is real.
Which one of these 5 points resonates most with you where you are at this time? Leave a comment below.
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In gratitude and reverence,
Xavier
“This year showed me how easy it is to be devoted when you feel inspired, and how transformative it becomes when you choose devotion on the days where you feel empty, tired, uncertain, you know… human.” Love that
how I dimmed it to avoid being judged, how I softened it to not trigger anyone, how I sometimes hid behind humility to avoid becoming more visible.
I am excited and devoted to being seen. My dreams of 50 years are helping me work with what happened during all those years. Using quantum theory to learn what was happening as different learning occurred.i know nothing about quantum theory, but I’m learning how parallel consciousness is to the motion of dreams. When I get wobbly about what the heck I’m doing, I always remember … and thats ok.