Peace comes when my mind, body, heart, and willpower are all in alignment - whole and undivided. Only when this happens will I act from a place of sovereign discernment, clarity, and connection to my innermost self. This is what it means for me to flow with integrity.
What struck me today was the importance of radical acceptance, of the ability of accurately seeing whatever lurks before and within me, and accepting it for what it is. Not dressing it up in niceties or false hope; but holding it in my arms, feeling it in my body, moving through it, and letting it go.
Life is full of ups and downs and all the moments in between. We know this, friend. We've reveled in its peaks, suffered in it's lows, and rested in its valleys. Life is a perpetual climb, one in which we're always striving for a destination that we will never reach. We're meant to continually be… Continue reading The Climb
https://www.instagram.com/tv/COIXqPPH5Lj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Emotional exposure is terrifying. I can't be the only one that does everything in my power to attempt to control it? To refine, diminish, and play small in order to avoid potential pain In order to regulate vulnerability? Something wonderful comes into my life and I shrug my shoulders at it in mock 'mehness',… Continue reading Emotional Exposure
Photo by Sammy Chaffin on Unsplash There used to be a time when we called for someone to catch us with no fear or trepidation. A time when we were filled with wild abandon. We trusted completely in the fact that the one we called to would catch us. We had no doubts. Filled with… Continue reading I Used to Leap
I don't want to lose myself, I want to be found.
True meaningful connection, I believe - friend - can only happen when people are able to show up as authentic versions of themselves, ready to let go of any sort of need of other to fulfill or satisfy any inner shortcoming or longing.
Large chunks of our lives are devoted to what we think we should do, who we think we should be. All the shoulds and coulds can be so very loud and prominent as we learn to navigate self identity.
No one can show up 100% of the time, there is no such thing as perfection, or of even being the best version of yourself all of the time. To have this expectation placed upon you either externally or internally doesn't show respect for the fact that there are ebbs and flows. If the moon can be allowed to wane and wax, be full or new, so can I.
There is a wonderful feeling in calling people and things into your life which encourage you to bloom. But, what happens when you feel yourself starting to wither and the signs arrive telling you that it's time to let something go?
