Living Bodaciously

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"They will call you “crazy” because you are, because you were born with the gift of seeing things differently and that scares them.
They're going to call you “intense” because you are,
because you were born with the value well placed to allow yourself to feel it all fully and that intimidates them.
They're going to call you “selfish” because that's right,
because you found out that you're the most important thing in your life and that doesn't suit them.
You're going to be called in many ways, with many judgments, for a long time, but stay firm on yourself and what you want, and I promise you one day they're going to call you to say, “thank you for existing.”
— Frida Kahlo

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The so-called black sheep of the family are, in fact, hunters born of paths of liberation into the family tree.

The members of a tree who do not conform to the norms or traditions of the family system, those who since childhood have constantly sought to revolutionise beliefs, going against the paths marked by family traditions, those criticised, judged and even rejected, these are usually called to free the tree of repetitive stories that frustrate entire generations.

The black sheep, those who do not adapt, those who cry rebelliously, play a basic role within each family system, they repair, pick up and create new and unfold branches in the family tree.

Thanks to these members, our trees renew their roots. Its rebellion is fertile soil, its madness is water that nourishes, its stubbornness is new air, its passion is fire that re-ignites the light of the heart of the ancestors.

Uncountable repressed desires, unfulfilled dreams, the frustrated talents of our ancestors are manifested in the rebelliousness of these black sheep seeking fulfilment. The genealogical tree, by inertia will want to continue to maintain the castrating and toxic course of its trunk, which makes the task of our sheep a difficult and conflicting work.

However, who would bring new flowers to our tree if it were not for them?
Who would create new branches?
Without them, the unfulfilled dreams of those who support the tree generations ago would die buried beneath their own roots.

Let no one cause you to doubt, take care of your rarity as the most precious flower of your tree.

You are the dream of all your ancestors.

Author ~Bert Hellinger

🌀Nicole
Sacred Wild Woman Medicine

Gratitude to the Unknown Artist

Apo Maria “Whang-Od” Oggay symbolizes the strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit.

Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted the symbols of the Kalinga tribe—signifying strength, bravery, and beauty—on the skin of thousands of people who have made the pilgrimage to Buscalan. “When visitors come from far away,” Whang-Od says in the Butbut language, “I will give them the tatak Buscalan, tatak Kalinga for as long as my eyes can see.”

Read more about Vogue Philippines’ April 2023 cover story here: https://vogue.ph/magazine/apo-whang-od.

Now available on newsstands and on shop.vogue.ph.

Photographed by , sittings editor , produced by , production assistants , , , photographer’s assistants , , , written by , Vogue Philippines, April 2023.

Special thanks to Grace Palicas Grace Tattoo Buscalan, and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples

Darling,
You’ve spent too much of your life explaining yourself to other people..
Trying to justify who and why you are the way you choose to be..
It’s time to step back, take a deep breath and just stop.
Stop explaining who you are to people, most of which don’t matter or probably don’t hear you anyways.
Stop justifying what you do and why you do it, because you don’t have to..
It’s your life.
No one else is walking your path and they don’t know the challenges you face every day, so why do they deserve an explanation?
They don’t.
Your victories, your failures, all the things that make you beautifully unique..
Celebrate those qualities, milestones and lessons and let people think what they will.
You’ve wasted so much time, energy and headspace trying to be accepted by people that will never get you the way you deserve..
So stop spending your time on the people that don’t matter and invest more time, energy and love on the beautiful souls that do-
Yourself and the people that love you and are always there for you.
They accept you unconditionally.
They love you unequivocally.
They stand beside you unfailingly.
You’re wonderful, awesome and perfect just the way you are.
All those people who have an opinion on who you should be and how you should act?
Just smile and walk away.
You don’t owe them anything.
You’ve already spent too long trying to make yourself fit into a world that doesn’t appreciate you enough.
Stop explaining and start living your best life.
The ones who love you don’t need you to justify yourself..
They love you just the way you are.
Maybe it’s time for you to do the same..
After all, no one will ever love you as good as you can.
It’s time to fly, darling.
|ravenwolf