“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

I love this quote often attributed to Albert Einstein. Even if he didn’t actually say it, it’s still a powerful message. It is my go-to quote in talking about when we are living out of alignment with who we truly are.

Today was the day I was finally going to write about this quote and what it means to me. Then I saw Richard Branson use the same quote in a blog post about being dyslexic, and my mind went uh oh, there’s no way I can write about it now, he already has.

After I got over myself, I decided to go ahead and share about one of my favorite quotes. I whole-heartedly agree with everything Richard Branson wrote, and it’s pretty cool I was going to share the same quote on the same day. 😊

Everyone has their own unique design they’ve come to experience in life. But often times we’ve been taught or conditioned to not pay attention to that and follow something else that leads us away from our true self.

We end up living like fish trying to climb trees instead of swimming in our own magnificence and sharing our true gifts from that space.

That is why I am passionate about helping people know their true design, whether it’s through the lens of Scientific Hand Analysis or Human Design, or both.

That awareness gives them permission to be the fish they were created to be instead of trying to be like a squirrel. Personally, I think there is so much dissatisfaction and pain in the world because we have been conditioned to try to be who we are not.

There’s nothing wrong with our unique abilities that don’t match the standard way of boxing people in. And honestly, who wants to be boxed in. It is soul crushing.

Although I was never tested for dyslexia, reading Richard Branson’s post makes me wonder. I can’t spell by sound because I cannot actually hear the sound of the letters but I can hear and recognize music within a few notes of hearing it. And I invert numbers. Plus I am highly creative, intuitive, and good at problem solving.

In the past, none of this I was proud of. I often felt shame at not being intelligent in the way society rewarded. I didn’t fit the squirrel model. But boy did I try and be a squirrel.

Thankfully I now see those parts I used to disown as my superpowers. Because that’s what they are. They are my strengths.

What if we accepted, celebrated, and embraced what makes us unique, brings us joy, and contribute from that space? What would be possible in a world that is in need of a transformation of the highest calling?

To read Richard Branson’s blog post, go to: https://virg.in/3Fg2.

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