She asked, how do you stop giving away your energy if you shine?
I suggested, that only happens if you are shining for another and not yourself.
She asked, but isn't that what we are supposed to do, to shine the light for others?
I suggested she consider that by how she is shining for others, perhaps she is giving her light to others, and not feeding the light in herself? If she is shining for herself, she can light the dark hallway, making it possible for others to see that a hallway can be brightened, Then maybe they will want to shine their own light, and brighten their dark hallway too. Shining together brightens the hallway even more, it is always brighter with more than one light.
She asked, but I can only do that in the woods. I have moved to the city, and it drains me, what do I do?
I suggested that the city is the clamshell and she is the pearl. The city will help her to grow and to become herself, but the pearl must pull nutrients from the clamshell or it will not grow properly. If the pearl feeds the clamshell and not itself, it will not grow well. The goal is to become a beauty with luster, fullness, joyfulness and strength.
She laughed and said, what is stopping me from loving myself?
I suggested that forgiveness is a good way to move forward. Keep the thought short, and to the point - decide and accept to let the story go, the story that something is wrong. Then, in the next second, decide that she is a pearl, growing and shining with luster that comes from the inside. By accepting and caring about what she wants to do, and what road will get her there, while believing that all is well, she can take a step to move toward the direction that will feed her light.
In the same way a clamshell feeds her, it will not be easy, or only one directional. Everything feeds each other, in the symbiotic circle of growth. It is not always comfortable. Change is always happening, and always available as a choice. So, choose, what will help you to grow and shine?
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