Sacred Rose
I get in my own way so much.
So today asks me to get out of my way.
To acknowledge that I’m not alone.
That I am surrounded by love.
I remember when this truth struck me for the first time.
I was camping, a small respite from a life that felt overwhelming. Even there, even in the quiet, I could feel the weight of returning. The lists. The responsibilities. The constant holding.
As a solo mom, I’ve often felt alone.
Just me and my daughter.
But in that moment, something shifted.
I realized how un-alone we actually are.
I have friends and family who would show up for me if I would just ask. People who love us. People who have always loved us. People who would step in without hesitation.
No, I don’t have a partner.
And my daughter doesn’t have a dad who shows up for her the way he should.
But that doesn’t mean we are unloved.
In fact, there are people with partners who don’t have as much love as we do.
The harder part for me has been giving myself permission to accept it.
To let myself receive.
To trust that I’m not a burden.
This is the tending today.
Daily Oracle Card
Today’s oracle is RAPTURE. The words on the card are sensuality, love, devotion, romance, ecstasy, and pleasure.
What a beautiful invitation into delight, into sensuality as another way of receiving.
Sensuality is sacred. It is holy.
To open ourselves to giving and receiving love in ways that feel safe, nourishing, and true is part of our return to wholeness.
This card calls me to release painful programming and past experiences that taught me to fear pleasure, and instead to remember love as something embodied and alive.
This form of love, Eros, has been absent from my life for some time. That absence does not mean it is lost. It means there is space now to tend the parts of me that learned to believe sensuality and sexuality were dirty, shameful, or something to be hidden.
This card is not asking me to rush toward desire, but to heal my relationship with it. To soften. To allow pleasure to be possible again.
Always,
Your Trusted Friend 🌹
This reflection is part of the Sacred Rose: A 28-Day Journey of Self-Love. Click here to view the full journey roadmap.
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