by Rosie Bason, Mullumbimby, NSW
We all have something to share; a piece of wisdom, a story that we can either choose to keep to ourselves or we can share with others. I have come to realise that when we share our expression with others through song, spoken word or in a written format, it can inspire so many and be a gift for all of us.
I have benefitted firsthand from the generosity of others sharing their knowledge and wisdom – both practical and inspirational. Of what use is it if we keep what we have come to know to ourselves?
In the past when I have held back from expressing what I felt was there to share, it felt like conversations and time spent together with others was incomplete, whereas the times when I was not afraid to express fully what I was feeling I had a sense that nothing was left undone or incomplete.
This way of expressing has been inspired by the support of Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and from the Esoteric Women’s groups, which have given me the opportunity to connect to me and feel that what I have to share is worth sharing.
I have always loved writing but have never shared my writing publicly because I feared it was not good enough, not easy to read, that others wouldn’t appreciate it, that I would be critiqued and the list goes on: but when I do not worry about such things and I just express what I feel and communicate it in a way that comes naturally to me, then it’s easy.
This year I have not allowed that fear to stop me from writing and I have had such an amazing healing experience from writing and expressing!
Sharing my writing and expressing more of what I am feeling has been a healing process. A lot of old issues that I had not dealt with in the past have come up for me, but in expressing them and writing I have found a sense of completeness… I feel that I have worked through some issues that I have been carrying around with me for way too long.
Through sharing it in this way I have come to new levels of awareness about myself, and I am aware how I have also inspired others. The feedback I have received has allowed me to see how valuable our expression is – and the inspiration I receive from others constantly enriches my life.
Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself!
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
Every time we express truth we are blessed by the vibration truth, reflecting the Soulfulness of who we are, be it coming through us or coming to us by way of another. The more we express truth the more our world is flooded with the vibration of the light we all are in essence. And in essence, we all have worlds of truth and wisdom to share.
Sharing our experiences and our wisdom with others can greatly enhance another’s life, because they have an opportunity to not make the same mistakes we have made and equally can be inspired to make different choices. When we hold back our expression we are holding back on everyone including ourselves.
Thank you for the encouragement to simply express what we have to share. So very true, each of us has a lot to share that is of value, inspiration and help to others. We often underestimate what we know and are aware of.
It is great to hear how you have worked through some long held issues and gained greater awareness through sharing and expressing, ‘Sharing my writing and expressing more of what I am feeling has been a healing process.’
Lovely to read Rosie and Elizabeth, I too was someone who held back writing, finding it very challenging. I now express daily, through writing, and have found it has become easier.
We can rest well and deeply at night after a day of expressing ourselves in full. This is not only in words, but in our actions, the way we dress and how we move.
I have only recently started to feel confident about what I write being in the public domain. Even writing a comment on a blog like this caused me great angst at first. I had to deal with the idea of being seen and accepting that my views matter and count just like everybody else’s. Now I’ve actually written a few blogs, so who knows what next in terms of my expressions. I agree that it expression is healing.
I too love writing. As a child I kept a diary and the habit of that has stayed with me. Sometimes when I sit to write things will come out that I wasn’t expecting. Its as if I reveal stuff to myself through the act of putting pen to paper. Then there is the whole ritual of what journal to use, the colour and feel of the paper and what pen.
Me too. I find writing is a form of healing for me and I can express my thoughts better. I feel so good when I write! 😅
Thank you Rosie, your blog on expression has really communicated to me how much a part it is in the healing of issues and their completion. When we are with others and don’t communicate fully it feels incomplete. In many ways expression is part of the completion process allowing us to then be ready for the next new beginning, not still stuck in many incomplete cycles.
I love that you so openly and freely express Rosie without any holding back, it is a beautiful reflection for others to be inspired and reminded of the power and healing offered when we choose to express.
Always appreciating the simplicity and thus true wisdom of the messages you bring in your writings Rosie Bason.
If we hold back, everyone loses out. Fact.
Yes we are always reflecting and what may be unnoticed by yourself, another may be checking out and being inspired by.
It’s like there is something inside of us, constantly trying to calculate how much is ‘won’ and how much is ‘lost’ every time we have something to say. The thing is as you show Rosie, our mind cannot fathom the true beauty of how the universe works, and how we can present exactly the thing someone else needs to hear to connect. All we need to do is choose a Loving quality and God takes care of the rest. It’s not about us but everyone else. To continue to play at being an editor and censor of divine plans is the ultimate arrogance.
And sometimes we think it has to be NOW and forget that there is a whole world at play and we are just one part of that whole, and that there is a right time for everything, so there is no need to control or hold on. Just allow and surrender to being a part of that whole.
I’ve never had a problem with written expression, but vocal expression can be an entirely different matter. The good news seems to be becoming proficient in one aids the other – and in all the potential avenues of expression we can enjoy, from what we wear to how we move. In fact the more I consider Serge Benhayon’s simple presentation that ‘Expression is everything’, the more I realise just how profound and far-reaching expression actually is.
It is so common that we hold back wearing things, saying things, writing things and expressing as we are afraid of how other will judge us and react. But when we hold back, we all miss our.
It is so very important to know and understand what you are sharing here, that we reflect to everyone in every moment, and how very important it thus is that we allow ourselves to express our truth so that we can inspire each other to trust more and live from our truth every day more. In that way we will build a society and systems that reflect and carry our true values.
Its funny reading about all the fears and worries you have about your expression and how it might be judged, yet it is so simple and clearly written that I cannot help but fully understand, learn from what you are sharing, and it’s so totally at odds with all the worries that you had!
It is so gorgeous that in sharing something with the world you can address and heal what is there to be worked on whilst offering awarenesses and inspiration to others to allow them to do the same.
I love your opening line Rosie as what you share is the truth of us all. As we are all love in essence, the wisdom of our love is within us all. As such we all are here to learn, grow and evolve together through the way we live and we can only do so through expressing with each other our experiences of what is love and what is not. When we express we claim and confirm the light we are, offering a loving connection, and this is what we then magnify through our bodies and as such the lives we live, illumination the truth for all to know and see, that this is who we all are.
We do all have wisdom to share and sharing it in a simple and loving way is inspirational. Expression is a gift, and we are not meant to keep it to ourselves. It needs to be shared.
“We all have something to share; a piece of wisdom, a story that we can either choose to keep to ourselves or we can share with others.” A beautiful reminder that we do not own wisdom – it is freely and equally available to all to be shared with all.
“Of what use is it if we keep what we have come to know to ourselves?” – a great point, Rosie, and really exposes how it makes no sense when we behave as though there is only ‘me’ and no other.
I used to keep everything inside and did not express myself much although I am not a quiet person, I was at times very loud and outgoing but it did not come from a truth inside me but rather a need for attention and being heard. Since a while I have put time and effort into expressing myself regularly in writing and also in talking to others and I looked for support with that and as you describe Rosie it was and is a very liberating experience and I was able to let go of a lot of fake and pretentious behaviour that was not me at all and find out more who I truly am and what my uniqueness is.
What I love about your writing Rosie is that you write for everyone. You maybe conveying something that is a personal learning or observation for you, but it’s from an understanding that others would be going through or observing similar things, so really it’s being shared for others. Expression in service.
A gift that keeps on giving may I add!
Ah I love this Adrienne, only just read this now.. just a few years later and I so get the colours..and the visual of how things are when we hold back and how different it is when we express.
Thank you Rosie for sharing your expression and not keeping it to yourself, as I read the many blog about peoples experiences I feel greatly blessed and inspired by their sharing, it makes me feel more open to share my experiences with others, and not hold back.
“Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself!” That is so true Rosie as with not holding back to express what I have found out I also take the full responsibility for my life and can be a role model for the people around me.
Yes expression is for all equally so when we hold back everyone misses out and the world is less because of it.
Taking responsibility of expression to a new level! Bless you Rosie
What I am getting from this article is that expression is deigned to be shared, it is not for us to keep, so in fact it is our responsibility to continue to bring it back to the world.
Yeah! The knowing we have is for all of us to hear and feel, to evolve together with it – to keep it away from the all would be selfish.
Dear Rosie,
A learning that I am discovering around expression is the responsibility I have to not only express but to hold the whole world in my heart as I do so, be that with writing or speaking words, or how I move and hold myself each day. I am learning each day as much challenges me in my ability to maintain this level of love, to continually consider that this truth is greater than any fears and inadequacies that may surface.
This is inspiring Rosie, it is beautiful to read what expression is truly about, letting ourselves be all that we are. That is deeply healing.
Rosie you are indeed an inspiration – thank you for not holding back. You let us feel what it meant to really express instead of swallowing it and to sit on it. This is really a more healthy thing to do.
Rosie thank you for sharing your gift of expressing what you are feeling. Learning to express and not hold back frees the movement of your body and builds confidence in sharing what you feel and know is true.
Thank You Rosie. You are indeed an inspiration. Writing for me has never been something I’ve enjoyed and yet I feel I have so much to share. I feel inspired by your sharing and also feeling how to hold back the lived wisdom we all hold is an hugely arrogant and harming thing to do. We cannot keep gold for ourselves – it is to be shared.
So wonderful to read all the lovely blogs you Rosie, and all the people have written. They have helped me to connect to many people and relate to my experiences and deepen my understanding to situations. By commenting to these blogs has allowed me to have a voice for my truth to be openly expressed and a forum to be heard. This process has deepened my connection with me and many others.
This is perfect timing for me to re-read this blog and be inspired and reminded of how powerful and healing our expression truly is. I can often feel a block and fear around my expression, when I don’t allow these thoughts to control me and I allow myself to connect to the purpose I am often surprised and humbled by what has flowed through me.
Thank you Rosie – I love reading your blogs and I am very grateful you have connected to the power of expressing through writing. I feel inspired to write more after reading this.
Getting straight to the point, the writer has demonstrated that yes, expression is a gift, and we should definitely use it, the thing is, it can seem like an insurmountable obstacle when we don’t use it, but once we start to, it can be a very smooth road that we are used to walking down.
Expression allows our uniqueness to manifest and communicate to others in a way that has the potential to inspire. That is a true gift indeed. As you say, ‘Of what use is it if we keep what we have come to know to ourselves?’ Withholding our expression is a form of stagnation that serves no-one, including ourselves.
Rosie, you’re spot on – truly expressing ourselves is a source of blessing and healing for everyone. I’ve found that when I have something on my mind (great or troublesome), it can go around and around with nothing coming of it except a lot of distraction from all the mental chatter. But when I put it all to good use and talk with someone or write it down etc, I find that all sorts of inspiration flows, both into and out of me. Thanks for reminding me that we all benefit when we don’t hold back our expression.
Too often then not when we choose not to express it is not because of another person but from our own insecurities.
No matter how small we think our contribution is, I betcha it is worth expressing.
I have learned so much from reading these blogs over the last few years, and from the contributions of the commenters adding to, expanding on and confirming what has been expressed. With so many of them I can say, “it has been like this for me too”, there are common denominators in each for most of us. They show me that we are, in essence, all the same. This is beautiful to feel.
My own expression is expanding as I let go of the silly thoughts that what I have to say may not be good enough or worthwhile. I am learning that it is safe to express what I feel. After all I am the authority of what I feel and to deny what I feel in favour of a voice in my head that ‘poisons’ and ‘cruels’ my life (Amanda WoodmanseyI used your words here as they feel appropriate) is patently ridiculous. Let’s have no more of that!.
And lots of colour!!! This was a very timely read for me today which I appreciate very much Rosie and Adrienne.
Absolutely gorgeous blog Rosie. I have had so many ideas for blogs I want to write lately and this reminds me why it is important to start writing them. It is selfish to keep these gift to ourselves. You are an inspiration and I appreciate what you share very much. Thank you.
Lovely to read your comment Leonne – I’m feeling a blog coming on myself!
I can also feel the responsibility as well as the healing involved with openly sharing our awareness and revelations in writing – ‘When I share what I have written publically I feel called to account.’
We have the opportunity to learn so much from each other, yet at times we remain closed and let our internal dialogue fool us into thinking we are not good enough or our stories/experiences don’t matter. By expressing we come together, we relate and share and connect with the fact that ultimately – we are all equal and have pretty much the same stuff going on. Through our experiences we find that we are no less then another but are working through life in the same cycles, sunrise to sunset.
An inspirational blog that calls us all to rise above the doubt-full stories in our minds and share who we are with the world. Your expression is indeed appreciated Rosie Bason.
Truly inspiring Rosie “Of what use is it if we keep what we have come to know to ourselves?” Imagine the opportunity we would have missed out on if Serge Benhayon and other Universal Medicine Practitioners and students hadn’t been willing to share and express what they had come to know. “Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself”. Thank-you Rosie for not holding back your expression.
Rosie I love your blogs, and totally agree that when we do not express in full there is a feeling of incompleteness. The more I express the more awareness I have around so many things. I realise that not expressing has been a major way I have controlled events and people in my life.
Rosie I agree expression is a gift and to hold back from this no one wins. I always enjoy reading your blogs and it has been beautiful to watch you grow and expand in your expression – I appreciate the inspiration you have offered me.
Ha ha yes Alex my resignation from the Shrinking Violets is getting closer too!
Awesome that you are claiming you and your expression Amina, very inspiring for others to read that have held themselves back for any reason including me.
Thank you for sharing the gift of your expression Rosie, it is deeply appreciated.
Rosie, the blogs you have written have inspired me on many ways. Thank you for sharing the way you do. All the worries you speak of are all too familiar its so easy to get caught in doubt and hold back what we have to share with each other.
Loved re-reading what you shared here Rosie, it seems it was something I needed to read again as I too have often held back expressing myself in both the spoken and written word not seeing that my expression was needed. What struck me this time was the fact you shared that when we don’t express something feels incomplete. It seems for me as for many we are frightened to show our fragility, to be exposed as not knowing it all, so we hold back our truth and our expression. But I am beginning to see the error of our ways, as we all have something unique to offer and through our expression we can learn, grow and evolve together.
Without expressing our part of what makes up ‘human life’ everyone else misses out on understanding the whole because there is a void where our expression should be. After reading this I sat and felt that there is great appreciation to be felt from what we bring to life because without us that part simply would not be there for everyone. It completely blows that ‘I’m not good enough/I wouldn’t be missed’ attitude out of the water. We all see things from our own perspective and if we only follow one angle of life then we can get stuck in a rut. I deeply appreciate Universal Medicine and these blogs for opening up my picture of life and myself for being open to see that there is far more to life than my single image or set of images and that life flows much more when we are open to the all rather than the parts.
Thank you Rosie for the reminder that through our life experiences there is always something to share and express, which could inspire or support another as well be healing for ourselves. I know when I have written this has been the case though there have also been times when I have thought what I have to write is not that interesting or useful but actually it is and I am learning the value of these experiences and not to keep them to myself.
Beautiful Rosie. I too have felt for aeons that what I have to share is not of value. But this is simply my issue with my own worth. Now, as I express it heals these issues – one supports the other. As I express, my value of my worth increases, as my worth increases so does the quality of my expression. And it is indeed valued by those who receive it – the perception it wasn’t good enough was only mine. Thank God I’m getting myself out of the way. Thank you.
Holding back our expression means we all miss out on the truth that needs to be said and thus we miss out on the potential healing that these words or gestures could instigate – for both those that need to say the words and for those that need to hear the words.
What you say is true, that expression is important for everybody, and it is a healing process for you. Sometimes I feel I hold back cause i am avoiding the healing, because sometimes when I express, I either get exposed or something deep that is unresolved comes out and there is the opportunity to unravel it, to dismantle it, to look at it and heal it.
Thank you, Rosie. This is a beautiful reminder. What I am experiencing is that the more I am able to appreciate others’ expression with no judgment, the more I am able to resurrect my self-worth, as I get to feel that we all have something to offer with no exception.
Yes, by holding back we do a disservice not only to ourselves but all others as well, thank you Rosie all your generous contributions have been much appreciated and very inspiring.
So true, Rosie – true expression is a healing gift for all and is not meant to be kept for one’s self.
we do indeed all have something unique to share, we are in fact all unique and when we express our unique qualities and expression, humanity becomes more of what it is meant to be.
“Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself!” Such a beautiful feeling of connection and expansion comes from sharing our own unique expression with others. Expressing from our deepest truth is the key to the door that connects our hearts as one.
“Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself!” – Beautifully expressed Rosie and your writing is a gift that inspires and supports many people thank you.
This is beautiful Rosie, thank you, this is very inspirational, and I feel that there is a lot to share, so I might start writing soon!
Reading this again for the first time in ages and seeing how wonderful it still is, a reminder and a confirmation. Thanks Rosie, your words live on, so glad you expressed them!
Gorgeous Rosie. Our expression is our gift to the world and we should open it up with joy and openness. Gifts are there to be opened and enjoyed.
I agree Rosie, learning to express again is a very healing experience.I also love writing but expressing verbally is equally important for me and there are still things to learn to express truth and nothing but truth.
Completely true, I love the way you express Rosie, it’s fresh, honest and real-life. As i read your words, I could indeed a feel the sense of healing completion that is there when we do express (written, orally) what’s needed, and the flow of ‘air’ that this generates. Rather like cleaning our home, or clearing out old clothes, it allows for there to be space. Space to express more of who we truly are. It feels lighter to me; expression is this lightness.
I love it Rosie. It is so true. Every day I am inspired by you and all those that share their wisdom, who they are and the truth they feel. Through this I have gained so much understanding which has restored my trust in letting people in. With this I have been inspired to appreciate that I too feel a lot and have a lot to share and now am developing my expression through song, written and spoken word more and more. And am finding how beautiful and confirming it feels to honor and share who I am and the truth and love that I have discovered, feel and know from my lived experience. This feels very powerful and does feel complete as when I express in full, I have claimed myself in full and shared the truth needed at that time. Thank you Rosie for being such a beautiful inspiration.
I too have benefited from the lessons from the healing available in other’s awarenesses that are shared through their expression. Thank you for not holding back from expressing as your writing is deeply inspiring and full of wisdom that needs to be shared.
I am on an expression programme at the moment, before starting this I felt very blocked in expressing through writing. With the programme I now know how important it is not to keep our expression to ourselves, but to share it as we all learn from each other.
I like how you have made it known that our expression is not something to keep to ourselves.
We are all different and will have our own unique expressions and they way I see it, is everyone’s expression is a piece of a massive puzzle but without one then the puzzle will always be incomplete, Individually we are an amazing puzzle piece but once we have everyone expressing their essence then we will have the whole picture to love and adore. That is the purpose of inspiring others… go Rosie!
So true, we need every piece of the puzzle not just a few here and there and it is our uniqueness that is needed, so we all complement each other as it won’t serve if we are all the same.
I love what you have shared here Rosie. I can relate to how great it feels to express in full and not hold back. – “Expression is a gift, don’t keep it to yourself!”
Yesterday, I did the Expression and Presentation workshop offered by Serge Benhayon. So this blog is very timely. There were two moments for me. The first one in which I heard a little voice inside me undermining what I was claiming about me. And there was a second in which that little voice was gone. In the first one, the feeling was not a great one, but in the second one, everything was very fluid and felt complete and beautiful. So, no holding back is a great moment, a great healing for all the time we have chosen not to express truth.
Rosie, your expression is really beautiful.
I love your expression Rosie, thanks for being an inspiration.
Thank you for the reminder Rosie of how important it is for us to not hold back our expression.
Very well said Anna. Expressing and not holding back is so important. The reference to saying, “a shrinking violet” by Elaine is so apt.
It has taken some time for the depth of the truth you have shared with us here, to sink in. I feel more and more the repercussions of holding back and not expressing in a moment, and conversely felt the joy that is shared when I do express in full.
This builds confidence and trust and is so ‘worth the risk’.
There is an expression ” a shrinking violet” for someone who holds back and doesn’t share themselves or their expression with others. I feel this so aptly describes the feeling of either holding back oneself or feeling someone else holding back. We feel a shriveling of petals rather than the fullness of a beautiful flower in bloom – however small that flower might appear to be.
Wow…so simply expressed and so full and complete. Inspiring and enriching, sharing what’s inside of us. I love the healing process you have committed to here, Rosie, and I’m not sure what is taking me so long to put pen to paper myself, but reading this has shifted something! Thank you!!
I can really relate to what you said, Rosie about a conversation feeling incomplete to me when I’ve held back, in contrast to just being and expressing all of me and the lovely sense of completion this brings.
Hi Rosie, I can relate to much of what you share in this blog. I enjoy writing and have found that it is a very healing experience which allows issues to come up that can then be looked at.
Thank you Rosie, expressing through writing has become part of my daily routine and I have also found it to be healing . Using the Our Cycles App has helped me to be more honest with myself and therefore making me able to see the truth in myself, others and in general. I too didn’t have any faith in my writing but if it is coming from truth you can’t go wrong.
It is an awesome feeling when that which you just experienced feels complete, as you say “…when I was not afraid to express fully what I was feeling I had a sense that nothing was left undone or incomplete.” I am learning to express in full and yes this is one very special gift to share with others, it is very healing. Thank you for your words and sharing.
Hi Rosie – I love your blog. I’ve always kept things to myself too and not shared huge parts of myself with the people around me, you are right – there’s no use in that! Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement to no longer hold it all in 🙂
Reading and commenting on the blogs daily for just over a month I have started to feel what you have brilliantly shared in this blog. By sharing our expression and experience that allows others to express and in turn inspire equally.
How wonderful fear has been shown the door and we get to read your writing, Rosie.
They say the pen is mightier than the sword and the following certainly supports that. ‘Sharing my writing and expressing more of what I am feeling has been a healing process. A lot of old issues that I had not dealt with in the past have come up for me, but in expressing them and writing I have found a sense of completeness… I feel that I have worked through some issues that I have been carrying around with me for way too long.’ How awesome is that!
So true Rosie, expression is for everyone!
I totally agree Rosie sharing with others through the blogs has been for me such a healing, and the comments received enrich my life again and again, and what inspiration I receive from the blogs written by other students of the livingness.
Same Same! I love all that is shared through the blogs!! Bring it on, you are all awesome!
Hi Rosie, thank you for inspiring me to bring forth more of my expression to the world. Reading others writings is healing and I love that I make the time to read these posts. I sat to write a piece this morning and got myself into a state over it and thus one sentence was all that I got on paper. I allowed my head to tell me that I couldn’t do it, that others would do it better and I put myself under pressure etc. Yet, deep within I know I have much to share. So this piece this morning was just what I needed to read. Amazing.
So true Sally and Adrienne, I say “Off with our heads!” 🙂 Let the ‘deep within’ reign.
That is a really good point Simon, often the start, the first step or the first sentence is the hardest but once the choice is made, and you commit, everything that is needed thereafter is just waiting for you.
Thank you Rosie. The completion is truly felt.
This is so true Rosie. I have been amazed, what happens once I drop my fear of being good enough or ‘clear’ enough to express…once I drop it and express, I become clear enough to do so. 🙂
Yes that’s right, the shift happens when we give it a go… nothing changes if we don’t begin.
Rosie what you write is so true, I have also had similar experience. Through the art of expressing there is so much to be gained by everyone involved, both reader and writer. It is such a simple tool with such profound effects. Like you say – it is a gift, given first to self and then shared with others.
I have so enjoyed reading your blogs, they are amazing. Where would such thoughts of insecurity come from for us when we attempt to write? I know they do not come from reality, because this has been proven false. Is it possible these thoughts are fed to us to keep us and others from healing and moving on. If this is true, which I have experienced it to be so, is it not ours to not allow such thoughts to hold us back?
I felt this too tonisteenson. The thoughts Rosie describes are clearly false and I can see that I have allowed similar false thoughts to rule me many times. My soul would never feed me thoughts like these so I know there is no point giving any energy to the lie that I am not good enough on any level.
Yeah! Claim it Rosie, your expression rocks! I have loved reading your blogs and they are always so simply put and very strong. I have felt the same thing as you have: expression is for everyone. People have often said I have a lovely expression. I have felt too shy to share it until recently when I have claimed it as me. There is an amazing freedom and empowerment as we do this and embrace our true inner strength in our words and our actions. Awesome!
Rosie, you are an inspiration …thank you.