I am Intelligent

I am Intelligent

I should be able to believe that I’m intelligent because, as an adult, people have told me this, often. But my self-perception was formed in those comparative junior high and high school years, shaped by proximity. Facts: There were 1200 students in my freshman year...
I am Kind

I am Kind

You?  Kind?  Seriously? Who are you kidding? These demeaning words come from the Inner Critic, the voluble, vociferous voice that goes wherever I do, the one who interrupts vulnerable moments. This ‘I am…’ exercise is not my invention. It comes from The Energy of...
I am Authentic

I am Authentic

Now we travel down to the fifth chakra, at the center of the neck, symbolized by the color blue. This is where it all started, this meditation stuff, back in the fall of 2018, when I realized I was not being authentic. My job, a job I was transferred into, didn’t feel...
I am Creative

I am Creative

For this next part of the meditation, I shift to the sixth chakra, at the middle of the forehead and just above the eyebrows—or third eye—symbolized by the color indigo.   For a time in my life, considering myself creative was almost as difficult as considering myself...
I am Holy

I am Holy

This part of the meditation is uncomfortable for me to write. I fear judgment, and maybe worst of all, my own.   This next sequence of words, from ‘I am holy’ to ‘I am persevering,’ is mostly aligned with the chakras. I start at the top, the seventh chakra, at the...
Jule Kucera