My Relationship to Spirituality

This year, something interesting happened. I stopped resonating with “spirituality” as a concept. 

Working with Spirit had just become my day to day. I no longer saw it as “spiritual”. It just was. 

I found myself growing tired & bored of things that had once excited me. It felt like I had studied it all.

So… I started to paint. 

I began listening to rap (something I once thought was “too harsh”). 

I made an effort to be kind & present in coffee shops, grocery stores, gas stations, etc… 

I also let myself feel anger and not “buy into” inauthenticity… which unfortunately, is a big part of this industry.

Coaches posting their Stripe screenshots.

Marketing lingo with no substance. 

Psychics & healers who disempower people and make them feel worse. 

I felt a little angry - not going to lie. 

But in doing so, I let my ego die again.

Goodbye spiritual Gabby… who was I now? 

In doing so, I let go of an identity I once clung to. 

Something I once defined myself by. 

After all, who the heck is Gabriella if she isn’t “spiritual”…?! 

I learned, yet again, that spirituality is simply a way of being. It has nothing to do with titles, economic status, degrees, or credentials. 

Spirituality is only the deep desire to look within, and cultivate a relationship with something bigger than yourself. 

It’s about wanting to leave the world better than you found it. And in the days where that seems overwhelming, remember that a little goes a long way.