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😂Sacred Snark Sunday

There’s a peculiar spiritual belief floating around that goes something like this:

If I just ignore it long enough, evolve enough, forgive enough, or vibe high enough… it will eventually disappear.

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Spoiler alert:
It won’t.

Unexamined patterns don’t evaporate. They calcify.
They put on nicer clothes.
They learn spiritual vocabulary.
They start quoting Rumi.

And suddenly, instead of “I’m avoiding this,” it becomes
“I’m being guided to transcend it.”

Same behavior.
Fancier altar.

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One of the most sacred lies we’re taught is that growth should feel graceful.
That awakening comes with soft lighting, background music, and a gentle voice whispering affirmations.

But real growth?
Real honesty?

It usually shows up as:

• a mild irritation you can’t shake
• a recurring situation that keeps knocking
• a reaction that surprises you because you thought you were “past that”

That’s not failure.
That’s information.

Sacred information.

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Here’s the part we don’t say enough:

You don’t outgrow a pattern by shaming it.
You outgrow it by telling the truth about why it exists.

Sometimes it protected you.
Sometimes it bought you time.
Sometimes it was the only tool you had when there was no safety, no language, no support.

And sometimes…
it’s just comfortable.

Yes.
Even the dysfunctional stuff.
Especially the dysfunctional stuff.

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Sacred Snark Sunday reminder:

If a pattern keeps returning, it’s not because you’re “doing the work wrong.”
It’s because the pattern hasn’t been heard yet.

And no — burning sage at it won’t fix that.
Neither will bypassing it with gratitude.
Nor will pretending you’ve “released” something you still quietly organize your life around.

Liberation doesn’t begin with perfection.
It begins with radical, compassionate honesty.

And sometimes honesty sounds like:

“I see why this is still here.”
“I see what it’s been doing for me.”
“And I’m allowed to choose differently now.”

That’s not dramatic.
That’s sovereign.

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Closing Thoughts

If you take nothing else from today, take this:

You are not behind.
You are not broken.
And you are not failing at growth because something familiar keeps tapping you on the shoulder.

Awareness is not the finish line — it’s the doorway.

The fact that you can see your patterns now, maybe even smirk at them a little, means something has already shifted. You’re no longer trapped inside the maze. You’re standing above it, looking down, deciding where your feet go next.

And that choice?
That’s the work.

🔔 Invitation

This week, notice what gently (or not so gently) repeats.

Instead of fixing it, silencing it, or dressing it up in spiritual language, try this:

Pause.
Name it.
Ask what it’s been protecting.
Thank it — without promising it lifelong employment.

Let awareness do what force never could.

That’s sacred.
And yes… a little snarky.

With devotion and wonder,
The Inspired Imaginative | The Devoted Mystic

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