There’s a strange, almost sacred, space we find ourselves in when one chapter of life closes but the next one hasn’t yet fully emerged. If I had to describe it, it feels like standing at the edge of something vast and unknown—a little intimidating, a little exhilarating, and full of possibility. It’s not a feeling… Continue reading At the Crossroads: Trusting the Unknown
There are periods in our lives where we are invited to release and let go of those things that no longer serve us. This is a process that can unfold gently or with abrupt intensity. It's a journey marked by the release of the old, creating a space that is not merely empty, but potent… Continue reading Anticipation in the Void
Life is a journey full of twists and turns. Sometimes, we try to control every aspect of our lives, thinking that it will bring us happiness and success. However, as I have learned, this approach often leads to disappointment and frustration. Due to past hurts I have tried to control the outcome of my relationships… Continue reading Surrender
Photo by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash Give yourself permission to let go. When I think of letting go, friend, I think of two ways in which one can release. Some things we grasp hold tightly because we know once we let go, once we stop trying, grasping, or clinging - whatever is in our grasp will disappear or… Continue reading Give Yourself Permission
We all crave intimacy, and yet it’s the scariest thing in the world to receive for it requires vulnerability. Vulnerability — my friend — demands that we give up control. It means that we allow ourselves the space to be raw and open.
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.
We hold ourselves hostage in so many areas of our lives. Locking ourselves away in mental prisons. Prisons erected within our own minds, carefully built stone by stone from the wreckage of the failures of our past, the heavy stones of overwhelming anxiety that comes from the things we cannot change, and mortar of debilitation caused by the unknown.
