Where have all the Purple shoes gone?

I've spent the entire morning reading. Reading my own thoughts within my own blog. Weird? Maybe, but not for me. I'm encouraged. I feel accelerated to continue writing, living, sharing thoughts with others, and experience life abundantly each day! As of my last post, many of you know much is new in my current life. The word new normally correlates with good in my opinion. Currently that is not the case. I'm not saying that the new things in my life are bad by any means. They are different, obviously. But I will say they are much more structured. Now, again, many people when they hear structure they correlate good to it. Call me liberal, but when I hear structured, my eyes, cheeks, forehead and lips close together as I give a look of perplexity.

What do I mean exactly? I am seeing how I am not a huge fan of structure. Why? Because I feel when something and or someone becomes so structured, they loose expression. They loose the ability to change, to grow, to learn, to adapt, to create, and to evolve. Let me further elaborate. Expression is the word that keeps circulating in my brain today. Life is all about expression. Every company expresses their goal and or mission. Every person expresses their personality, belief, and values through their clothes, speech, and demeanor. Every store that we enter, or pass by, expresses their vision through their design of product and logo. Everything we do expresses something. Thus, when something becomes so structured, expression can be stifled. Expression can be looked down upon. Expression can be a hinderance or distraction rather than encouragement or motivation!

Have you ever gone somewhere, encountered someone, or been in a certain scenario where your opinion, your style, your thoughts, and they way you express yourself felt unwanted. Of course, everyone has. Did you like that experience? If you are anything like me, it drove you crazy. It made you want to scream toward the skies and run for the hills. Actually, it makes me want to scream toward the skies and run toward the situation, but that is because I want to change the situation and recreate the structure for better which I am learning despite how good the motivation and desire may be, it is not always the best decision to do so. With that, I've been dwelling upon much today and really the past month since my move.

I'm dwelling upon the country I live in and it's predominate "Structure". I am dwelling upon business's who say you have to look a certain way, dress a certain way, where a certain colored shoe because it is more professional. I am dwelling upon a world that is fully Expressive. A culture that is accepting of all expressions. A culture that not only is accepting of many forms of expression but is promoting Expression in abundant forms because they believe themselves that much growth will come from it. Is it just me, or is it hard to find these people, these organizations, these cultures, and this thought of openness?

How many billion of people live within this world? We say nobody is exactly alike, but do we believe that? Because the more I live, and sit back, the more I see people and places try to make people into a certain structure. We try to mold them into our expressions. As I write it just hit me that I may be trying to do this as well and my expression is openness and acceptance of all forms of expression. That may be the case, but at least what I expressing is expression itself and not some other structured conceptualization of expression:)

Anywho. My mind is quite scrambled and I realize my syntax is currently sloppy. Therefore, may we express ourselve's. May we speak our mind. May we say what we believe. May we show to the world who we are. And more importantly, may the world be ok with that! May we not cringe when someone expresses themselves differently. May we intellectually be curious about expression for the possibility of teaching that lies within it unfolds. I urge us all to wake in the morning and express ourselves from within, rather than letting the structures on the outside become our dictation. Because seriously, who says it is more professional and or you will do better work in black shoes than Purple shoes? I bet I'll rock a purple belt and purple shoes better than a black belt and black shoes any day of the week. And one thing I've found, is when you feel confident and accepted through self expression, great things more often than not ensue. So here's to feeling purple and strapping on a purple belt with purple shoes if that is what it takes to conquering the day! I think it is time for us to start wearing our purple shoes again, no matter what the structures may say!