The Awakening Hour: When You Finally Choose to Become Who You Were Meant to Be
- Dr. Wil Rodriguez
- Jul 1
- 3 min read
By Dr. Wil Rodríguez
The Silent Clock of the Soul
There’s a clock that doesn’t tick the way others do.
It doesn’t hang on your wall or sit on your phone.
It resides deep inside your spirit—measuring not seconds, but awakenings.
This clock doesn’t count hours; it counts alignment. And most people spend their lives hitting snooze on it.
We live busy, loud, performative lives—checking all the boxes society hands us, wearing borrowed roles like clothing that never quite fits. But there comes a moment, often unannounced, when that silent clock grows louder than your excuses.
That moment… is the Awakening Hour.
The Sleepwalkers: Living a Life That Isn’t Yours
You can live decades without ever truly showing up.
You can build relationships, careers, reputations—without ever building yourself. Most people do. They follow inherited blueprints, pleasing ghosts of expectation. They smile when they want to scream. They settle when their soul longs to soar.
How do you know if you’re sleepwalking through your own life?
Here are some signs:
You feel exhausted even after rest
You say “yes” more to avoid conflict than to honor truth
You doubt your worth unless someone else confirms it
You can’t remember the last time you felt joy without justification
You fear stillness because it might reveal what’s missing
These are not personality traits. They are alarm bells.
The Awakening Moment: When Life No Longer Lets You Ignore Yourself
Awakening rarely arrives wrapped in beauty.
It often comes cloaked in loss, silence, illness, or heartbreak.
It’s the day your job no longer fulfills you, or when a relationship ends and all you’re left with is a mirror and your unmet self. It’s the moment when what you’ve built no longer feels like home—and the illusion of control shatters.
Paradoxically, this collapse is your invitation.
Because rock bottom is often the ground of resurrection.
Not everything that breaks you is meant to destroy you. Sometimes, it’s how your soul reclaims its voice.
Becoming: The Courage to Return to Yourself
Becoming isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about remembering someone real.
You don’t need to reinvent yourself.
You need to remember yourself.
It’s a sacred return. A slow peeling away of false identities, survival masks, and performative smiles. It takes courage to step outside the familiar roles you’ve outgrown and say:
“This isn’t me anymore.”
Ask yourself:
Who was I before I was told who to be?
What parts of me feel silenced just to keep the peace?
When did I start calling comfort ‘safety’ and fear ‘wisdom’?
This is not about answers. It’s about reclaiming the right to ask the real questions.
The Resistance Within: Why We Fear Our Own Greatness
No one sabotages your awakening more than the you who is afraid of it.
We’ve been taught to fear our power. To dim our light so others don’t feel uncomfortable. To believe that too much authenticity will make us unlovable, too much truth will make us alone.
But the cost of shrinking is higher than the cost of becoming.
The ego clings to routine, even if the routine is killing us. The inner child fears abandonment if we change. But transformation is not betrayal. It’s liberation.
Here’s a journal prompt for the brave:
🖊️ “What parts of me have I silenced to make others comfortable?”
If you’re honest, the answers will shake you. But they will also free you.
The Awakening Hour: It’s Not Too Late to Begin
Right now, this very moment, could be your Awakening Hour.
Not tomorrow. Not when you’re ready. Not when it’s safe.
Now.
The moment you decide that your truth is worth living for, even if it costs you the version of life you’ve been performing.
Here’s an affirmation to speak aloud:
📣 “I am not behind. I am arriving.”
You were never meant to live asleep. And even if you’ve lost years, the journey back to yourself is the most sacred path you’ll ever walk.
Final Words: Becoming Is the Greatest Act of Rebellion
In a world that rewards conformity and punishes truth,
choosing to awaken is radical.
It is rebellion with a heartbeat.
It is revolution dressed in soul.
You don’t need permission to become.
You need courage.
And maybe—just maybe—this post found you at the exact hour your soul decided:
It’s time.
Because the world doesn’t need a version of you that fits in—it needs the one who dares to wake up.
Journal Prompts
What version of myself have I been performing for others?
What truth have I been afraid to admit—even to myself?
What would I do differently if I trusted that my authentic self is enough?
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