Pathway to Witness

Facing the Future, Full Frontal

Facing the future full frontal means showing up as your best self—no masks, no control, no guarantees. In this Akashic-rooted reflection, Cheryl explores how to release fear, embrace vulnerability, and claim your truth as you move into the unknown.
Facing the Future, Full Frontal
In: Pathway to Witness, Field Notes

Facing the future, full frontal.
That’s the invitation. That’s the challenge.
And honestly? That’s the only way I know how to meet life now.

Yes, it’s a provocative phrase. “Full frontal” usually means all your bits on display. No hiding. No cover.
But this isn’t about shedding your clothes. It’s about shedding your shield.

This is about not turning your back to the future.
It’s about not letting fear make you smaller.
And it’s especially about not trying to control what can’t be controlled.

Because here’s what I’ve learned the hard way:
Trying to control life—especially in times of loss, change, or upheaval—only deepens the fear.

Control is a clever trick. It pretends to offer safety.
It whispers that if you plan well enough, anticipate far enough, you won’t get hurt again.

But what it actually does is spin you in circles, facing backward, chasing ghosts and guarantees that don’t exist.

I know this because I’ve done it.
I’ve lived through seasons where life knocked me flat, where I was afraid to open my heart, where I just wanted answers and certainty.
I clung to control like it was a lifeline.

Until my Akashic Records called me out.

They reminded me—not gently—that I already know how to face forward.
That the truth of who I am doesn’t hide in the illusion of control.
That my real strength comes when I lead with my heart.

Vulnerability is that strength.
It’s not weakness. It’s not collapse.
It’s the soul’s willingness to lean into the unknown with presence.

Control is backward-facing.
Vulnerability turns you toward possibility.

Full frontal is the choice to meet life open.
Not perfectly. Not always gracefully. But fully present.

Even now, I know I still have old habits clinging to me.
I still catch myself looking for the off-ramp when things get hard.
But I also know that every time I return to presence—every time I say yes to forward motion without a guarantee—I reclaim a deeper part of me.

Full frontal isn’t about certainty. It’s not about having it all figured out.

It’s a posture. A promise.

I show up. I face what’s next.
I let my heart lead.

This is the agreement I make with myself:
To meet each moment as fully me, no matter what.

Facing the future, full frontal.

The best of me.
Here.
Now.


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