This Week’s Quotation:
“A person who commits themselves to what they love in this way has to face the risk that others might not support them in their efforts. What they are attempting might not be successful. They have to confront whatever it is that might stop them from carrying through with their efforts. But even if, for whatever reason, they fall short of what they have worked toward, they will live with the peace that comes from serving what is most important to them.”
— Becoming a Sun, page 132
The Courage to Stay True
I’ve felt this in my life. How about you?
There have been moments when I knew what mattered most to me. I could feel it clearly inside. And at the same time, I could feel the risk. What if people didn’t understand? What if it didn’t work? What if I gave my energy to something and it didn’t “succeed” the way I imagined?
It’s tempting to adjust course based on how things are being received. To soften the edges. To delay. To wait for more affirmation.
But eventually, I’ve had to face this truth: I can’t live my life based on how it will be received.
If I commit to what I truly love, I risk misunderstanding. I risk lack of support. I risk visible failure. And I have to confront the part of me that wants comfort instead of courage.
But there is something deeper than all of that.
There is a quiet inner navigation. A steady pull toward what feels most true. When I listen to that instead of the noise outside, something in me steadies.
I may not control outcomes. I may not control who approves. But I can choose alignment.
And alignment brings peace.
Not the peace of everything going my way. Not the peace of applause. The peace of knowing I didn’t abandon what mattered most.
Circumstances shift. Opinions rise and fall. Success gets defined a thousand different ways.
But when I serve what feels true in my heart, I stop being thrown around by all of it. I move from center. I respond instead of react. I live guided.
Even if the outcome isn’t what I hoped for, there is a deep rest that comes from knowing I showed up honestly.
That kind of peace can’t be taken from me.
What does it mean to become a sun?
Every human being is already a sun on the inside—a being of intense love and light. The difference is that some people have the vision and courage to become a sun on the outside. This difference is our human destiny.
Such beauty in your words – But when I serve what feels true in my heart, I stop being thrown around by all of it. I move from center. I respond instead of react. I live guided.
Yes. I just watched a documentary about Paul McCartney in which he was asked to name what he valued most. he said “Personal peace.” thank you, Lana. There is a verse in the Bible about “the peace which passes all understanding.” That peace cannot be taken away. The world is in great need of our peace. May it forever be sustained in us to overflow in all directions. In loving thanks to you, Tom C.
Your words, Lana, remind me of the familiar phrase, “To thine own self, be true.” And of course this doesn’t mean be true to the conditioned self, the reactive self, a self constructed by the self-active human ego. It means being true to the Higher Self, the transcendent source of Love at the very core of my being.