I've been away from social media for a while.
Not because I had nothing to say. Quite the opposite. I needed time to listen more than I talked. Life has a funny way of teaching you things when you stop trying to have all the answers.
A line from the movie Odyssey stayed with me since I saw it:
“Don't look for gods in men. You'll be disappointed.”
The longer I've been on a spiritual path, the more I believe that's true.
I've watched people place teachers, healers, and mentors on pedestals, expecting them to be wiser, purer, or somehow beyond being human. Eventually, every one of those pedestals cracks. Not because those people are frauds, but because they're people.
I've also learned something equally important. The moment someone asks you to believe they have all the answers, or the only answers, your intuition should get louder, not quieter.
Real teachers don't ask you to surrender your discernment. They encourage you to strengthen it. Maybe the goal isn't to find someone who never stumbles. Maybe it's to learn from people who are honest enough to admit when they do.
I've reached a place where I'm less interested in perfection and far more interested in authenticity. The older I get, the more I believe wisdom doesn't make us bigger than other people. It reminds us that we never were.