Who do you want to be?
Who will you become?
The unbecoming is a gift that we are all given. When the fabric of our lives is ripped apart, when we have lost everything, when we are alone in the dark and don't even know who we are anymore. That moment, when all seems lost, is a gift.
It doesn't feel like it. It feels painful. We are broken wide open. It hurts. We don't know which way to turn. Who are we in that moment? We have no idea.
That is the gift. The unbecoming of everything we thought we were, the loss of our self. The gift is found in the void, in the emptiness, in the dark.
When we have lost our self, when we have been destroyed in the fires, when we have nothing left, that is when we are given the opportunity to rebuild ourselves and our lives.
Who are you?
Who do you want to be?
Who are you becoming?
That is the gift of unbecoming. Suddenly you have the ability to become. You can't become without first unbecoming. Once you are empty, broken and lost, then you get to decide who you want to be. You get to decide what you want your life to look like. You get to weigh out your priorities, explore your interests, and recreate yourself and your life.
If you are brave, you can seize the gift of unbecoming and build something new and beautiful. Or you can let the unbecoming destroy you.
The unbecoming is a gift, given freely to most of us, at some point in our lives. There are few who are bold and brave enough to unwrap the gift and seize the opportunity. There are few that recognize the gift they have been given. There are few who can lose it all and rise again. That is the gift in the unbecoming.
Who do you want to be?
Who are you becoming?
