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have you every been on a
spiritual journey? go ahead, ask what kind of weird things i do in college. well, let me tell you. a spiritual journey is where you meditate and find your other half, your totem, your power animal. the other day when i was at my friends jess and tawn's house we went on the journey to find ours. technically you are supposed to have incense burning and the lights off, but we didn't have any incense and we didn't want to turn off the lights; however, after much intense meditation we all discovered our power animals. jess was a cougar, tawn was jaguar, and i was the lion. maybe one day, if you're lucky, i'll tell you how i discovered my power animal, but here is everything the lion stands for.
"when you walk, walk like the lion. be proud to be who you are, exactly as you are. hold your head high. look each person in the eye and silently say to yourself: i am the lion.
the lion will fill you with courage, the courage to be who you are and show it to the world. he will teach you how to roar our with your power, displaying your talents and announcing your presence. he will teach you to have the courage to be yourself, always and in all ways to know the deep truth, that you are exactly as you should be. after all, you are the lion.
the lion is power, but power contained. he will teach you the strength of quiet command. he will teach you to hold yourself with such presence that merely being around you will fill others with respect and awe.
know and be the quiet strength of complete confidence. speak calmly and with authority. act from a place of personal truth and wisdom, a wisdom that comes from the quiet times you spend just being and feeling your deep connection with all that is.
walk with grace and strength. hold your head high and once in a while, give out a resounding, magnificent roar. after all, you are the lion."
