Education worldwide instills in children that their worth largely depends on their achieved accomplishments. During our childhood development, we learn that achievement equates to constant effort while we show our worth through continuous achievements. The passage of time makes it simple to lose sight of being as an adequate life purpose.
Making space for oneself in the middle of all activity is completely appropriate. Your worth becomes clear by existing naturally and disregarding all attempts to impress both others and yourself. Your real presence in the world requires nothing to be earned. Every person finds this state when they actively choose to pause life and simply observe.
At this moment there is no requirement to change anything about yourself. Being worthy of care for yourself does not depend on improving or achieving anything. You can just sit. You can breathe. In this moment you can maintain stillness because your present state of being does not need any alteration for it to create value.
Memories of performance anxiety will not arise when you free yourself from the need to impress others. It means reconnecting. With your breath. With your thoughts. Your basic existence brings forth a feeling of being alive without needing to fulfill any demands. By ceasing your attempts to prove something, you generate openings that welcome peace. The process of grounding yourself begins after performance pressures let go.
When people release the expectation to be superior, they achieve superior clarity. Your awareness shows that your current state is completely surpassed. You are not behind. You are not late. The present condition represents your destined position; therefore, it serves as the right place to exist.
Let yourself rest. Let yourself feel. Become present while eliminating all performance expectations. That is more than enough.
