Embracing the Opposite

Aug 27

We are trained to recoil from contradiction. If someone thinks differently, we defend. If an idea threatens our certainty, we cancel. If a feeling rises that doesn’t match our story, we run.

But the opposite is not your enemy. It is your evolution.

What you resist most often holds the exact doorway into your next becoming. The angry stranger mirrors the rage you bury. The rigid voice reflects the shame you once carried. The loud one embodies the part of you still waiting to be heard.

Instead of rejection, try invitation.

Ask: What belief in me is being challenged?

What part of me feels threatened?

What is this discomfort trying to teach me?

Opposites do not cancel. They expand. Paradox is where wisdom breathes.

Epilogue:

“The opposite isn’t your enemy. It’s your evolution.”

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Gayle Barklie

Gayle earned dual Master of Arts degrees in Marriage and Family Counseling as well as Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University in California (www.lmu.edu). She has been in practice for over twenty years as a counselor, contemplative life journey guide and transpersonal hypnotherapist. Additionally, Gayle received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1989 from Art Center College of Design in California (www.artcenter.edu), and is a practicing prolific artist specializing in mandala art. Gayle has been an active member of Business Network International (www.bni.com) since 2011. Gayle Barklie created and founded Soul Purpose in 2011. Her primary goal was to utilize her unique, eclectic, holistic work to assist in discovering why you are here. She does this by helping transform subconscious thought processes getting in the way of remembering and expressing who you really are.

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