Sending Light
"When the night has come, and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light you see..."
One of the hardest things in life is to witness the suffering of our loved ones when there isn't anything we can do to relieve their pain. In those moments, may we lean in -- without the urge to fix -- and offer to sit with them in the dark. May they know that they don't have to package their pain to be digestible for others. That they can be as they are, having a safe space to fully feel their feelings, without judgement or expectation that healing should come on a given timeline. May we practice grace. Gentleness. Care. May we embrace them in full, broken pieces and all. May we find our humanity in each other, sharing our darkness and our light.
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Love
It can be so tempting to only present the polished, carefully crafted version of ourselves in an effort to be accepted. We want people to like us. We want people to stay. We spend our lives masquerading around while searching for someone who can see and love us as we are in spite of the masks that keep our true selves hidden...
Bloom where you are planted
This is a lesson I've been leaning into a lot lately. In life, there will always be things we cannot control -- things that uproot us from our comfort zones or that test how we define our happiness. And in the midst of those things we cannot change, we have a choice.
"You are worthy of love and belonging." - Brene Brown
A friend asked what advice I'd give to my younger self. While there are lots of things I'd tell the young me, the single biggest one would be this: allow yourself to believe that you are worthy of love and belonging -- and live according to your truth, unencumbered by this fear...