Unbound and Unbothered: Embracing Your Role in Others’ Narratives

At the end of every year, I receive a word from Spirit. This word represents the essence of what I will experience and embody in the new year. Last year, the word I received was “healing,” and 2023 was the most profound healing year I have ever experienced. I courageously rooted myself in the Earth Mother and journeyed with Her through alternate states of consciousness, from within to without. My body was healing, my mind was liberating itself, and my energy was returning to balance. While the healing journey continues, this new year has brought a new word and another journey I am walking alongside my healing.

When I received the word, I didn’t know what it meant or how this path would unfold. It is not easy to explain because, to different people, “freedom” means different things. I had to move through some powerful initiations already, and I am still navigating the last one, but it is clear now what “freedom” means for me this year.

I have come to accept and find love and peace in my journey.

And so one day, I was on the threshold between awake and asleep when she appeared to me. She was standing on a beach, in the liminal space between water and sand. She had a shell in one hand. She looked free from constructions and constrictions. Her long, wild, dark hair was moving with the wind. She was beautiful; she was free and unbothered. I loved her!

She felt my question. I didn’t have to speak. I wanted to know how she could be strong, grounded, and secure in her power. She has been demonised for centuries; her power made obscure and evil. How could she feel so strong and free? I had to ask her.

What she said to me afterwards was a lesson that resonated deeply within me, one I will always carry with me:

“Become comfortable knowing you’ll be the demon in someone else’s story.”

So true! On our journey towards self-discovery and personal growth, we may become the villain in someone else’s narrative. It’s a concise message that carries a powerful meaning. What freedom means to me is knowing that and not feeling bothered by it.

I stand my ground, show up for myself every day, do the work I need to do, and know and live my truth. As a result, things have started to shift in powerful ways. I’ve experienced a profound sense of empowerment and a deeper connection to my spiritual journey.

Despite the attempts of others to confine me to my old cage, I stand resilient. I refuse to be locked in.

The people around me may not like the changes they see in me, and I am OK with that. I’ve come to understand that my journey is my own, and I cannot let others’ opinions dictate my path to self-discovery and personal growth.

And so, if someone in my life wants to believe a lie, a narrative built around someone else’s interest, I let them. The moment they are willing to accept a narrative pushed over and over by guilty people acting like victims, I am OK with it.

And then I am done with them.

I have no hesitations!

I love myself

I love my life,

and I won’t cage myself to please anyone.

I am comfortable in knowing I am the evil one in someone else’s story.

And I am free!

Michela Sborchia xo

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