Let go before you feel safe

A Tiger enclosure at the zoo is perfectly safe: The Tiger gets fed and watered each day, it gets regular visits from the veterinarian, and it even gets the opportunity to mate. Life is good . . . .

A life in captivity might be safe, but it isn’t wild, and it isn’t free. The Tiger never gets to feel the pleasure of sprinting at full speed through the savanna, the fear of starvation, or the deep satisfaction that comes from catching and devouring a gazelle. Yes, life is safer in the enclosure, but the enclosure isn’t the full life experience. 

For years I lived my life in an enclosure. I thought I would be safe there. I thought that by withholding my emotions and retreating into my all-doing Dragon (aka Masculine) Energy, I could protect myself from having to feel pain, heartbreak, disappointment, and rejection. But I wasn’t any safer living this way, and I certainly wasn’t any happier. 

It’s somewhat of a paradox: The Tiger (aka the inner Feminine) doesn’t want to “let go” until they feel safe, but they won’t feel safe until they let go and see that they already are as safe as they possibly can be. The truth is that the Tiger can handle life in the wild. They were designed precisely for it.

If you can learn to let go before you feel perfectly safe, that will push you deeper into your Tiger Energy, and you will feel power in that abandon. Yes, when you let go and put your heart out there, you might be disappointed, you might get hurt, but it won’t break you. You’re a ferocious Tiger; you can handle it.