Judgement

The other day I was on facebook and noticed a post from someone asking what would we do or change if we knew we wouldn't be judged?

Of course my first thoughts were what I would do .. but then I stopped for a second and thought why do we let people judge us?

I started diving more into those thoughts.. why do we let strangers that have no direct effect on our life control our decisions to some extend? Why do we not allow ourselves to life outloud and in our truth because we are scared that somebody will snark at us?

People that "judge" us are typically nobody that we hold dear to us or are in our inner circle. I mean who wants a friend that is constantly judging them? Nobody... so we don't have them. It is incredible to me to realise that I have made choices in my life not because I wanted to but because I felt like I had to to keep those judging eyes off of me. How come I have given these people that I don't even care and who don't really care about me the power to sculpt my decisions because of the fear of judgement?

I have decided that I am going to try my best to live outloud, speaking the truth of my experience and those that care about me will get it and to those who don't.. that is ok with me they are normally only in my life for a split second anyways.

I challenge you to look inwards to yourself and speak your truth as well.


On a side note:

We got our first snowfall this weekend which put me in the mood for soups and chili.. here are some pics of the two soups I made over the weekend -- broccoli and cheddar ( with quinoa ) and roaster red pepper .. yummy!

                                                               finished soup! so good!

                                                          Roasted Pepper ..