Have you ever seen a chameleon?

They have these googly eyes that operate independently and seem to always be scanning their surroundings in every direction.

But that's not what they're known for. The main thing they're known for is their ability to change color.

They protect themselves by changing their skin color to match and blend in to their surroundings.

It's pretty impressive how they can adapt. Sometimes the colors are magnificent. Brilliant blues, reds, or greens.

The ability to adapt is inherently a positive one.

It works for the chameleon... at least it keeps him from being someone's lunch.

And it can work for us too sometimes.

But the problem occurs when WE become chameleons in our own right.

First there are the eyes. (ok you may not have googly eyes, at least not physically) but like the chameleon we can have our eyes constantly scanning our surroundings.

Except while the chameleon is scanning so he doesn't get eaten, we often keep our eyes on other people, the bigger better deal, what we don't have, the past, or we're are simply unable to focus on one thing or the thing that matters.

But it's the ability to change color where we most closely align with the chameleon. And it's not always good.

Rather than change our skin, we change our personality, our voice, our dreams to match our surroundings.

Or we alter our behavior to adapt to someone else's wishes, an environment, or a relationship.

It's ok to to that occasionally and in certain situations for a small period of time.

The problem for many of us is that like a chameleon we've spent so much of our life adapting to our surroundings.

When we reach a point in life where we need to focus on ourselves and return to what’s authentically us... we realize that WE FORGOT WHAT OUR ORIGINAL COLOR IS.

What is your TRUE COLOR?

Put another way, who are you when you are in your natural state?

Who are you when there are no pressures, people, surroundings, or expectations causing you to alter yourself?

Who are you when you don't have to act how you believe someone NEEDS YOU TO BE?

Who are you when you don't FEEL like you have to be someone else in order to be to be accepted, loved, heard, and seen?

You may think, "I don't know. It's been a while" I get it. That's ok. It's not an easy answer. Because you've likely buried it. It can take time, effort, and exploration to remember.

The point here is to recognize that you've been the chameleon in the past... and you likely did it to survive.

But you don't have to anymore.

You can relax, focus and be true to yourself and be your true natural color.

...and for the record, chameleons are naturally green or brown.