I can Be Me, and let Other's Mourn as they Need

Just because I'm not subscribing to the mormon religion anymore, doesn't meant that my family won't love me. Guess what? I didn't subscribe to it for many years. I have never really read the scriptures or felt connected to them, or pray in the typical way we are taught. I have always been different in this, and have always connected more to nature, and to humans wherever the "tribe" was. So internally, things are not shifting too immensely... It's more a shift in accepting myself fully, and stopping things that are programmed into me that aren't serving me purpose. It's really a huge LET GO. Which is interesting. It's dropping shit. I don't need to figure anything out really, I need to just drop shit.

Living my spiritual truth that is different from my family or upbringing doesn't mean that my life has to go through a painful emancipation process. Yes, there will be uncomfortable situations and conversations that will be come up. But, what if I could meet each of these situations in love? Remove my ego from it, and come from a place that is soul centered? It wouldn't matter what another person said or did... if I am comfortable with myself and aligned to my soul, I can empathize with another's viewpoint while not taking responsibility that is not mine.

For instance, my parents perspective. The grief one must feel as their child leaves the religion you whole heartedly follow and believe in must be immense, for this must feel as if your child is leaving your own womb in some way. They are leaving the structure you worked so hard to teach them, to provide the most safe and Christ centered home possible.