After too much scrolling,
On a tired nervous system,
After the images,
After the words,
After your attention was pulled again and again,
Notice what your body feels like now.
The chest may feel crowded,
The eyes may feel tired,
The mind may feel full without feeling settled.
That makes sense.
Sometimes scrolling does not feel intense while it is happening,
But the body still absorbs the speed,
The comparison,
The stimulation,
The endless unfinishedness.
Not because you are weak,
Not because you did anything wrong,
But because the nervous system can get overloaded by too much input without enough return.
And after too much outward attention,
It can become harder to feel yourself clearly.
For these next few moments,
You do not need to keep taking more in,
You do not need to keep following the next thing,
You do not need to keep offering your body to the stream.
Feel the chair beneath you,
Feel your feet meeting the floor,
Feel the back of your body being held,
Let the eyes soften without searching,
Let the jaw loosen a little,
Let the shoulders drop one small amount,
Let the hands rest with nothing to scroll,
Take one slower exhale again.
Not to clear everything,
Just to let the body know it does not need to keep receiving right now.
The screen may still be there,
The feed may still continue,
But you are allowed to stop letting it move through your whole system,
You are allowed to come back from the stream,
You are allowed to feel one real moment inside your own body again,
You are allowed to stop taking more in,
My body does not need to stay open to endless input,
I can come back from the stream,
I do not,
I can return to what is real inside me,
My attention can belong to my body again,
I am allowed to soften now,
I am still here,
Nothing needs to keep entering in this exact moment,
Nothing asks for more of your attention right now,
Let the feet stay outside you,
Let your body come back to itself,
Let that go away without losing yourself,
Return to what is real inside of you.
