Welcome to this gentle reminder where we connect as human beings living under this blue sky and walking on this sacred earth.
Today,
As usual,
As you listen,
Please come into your breath and your body,
Feeling the places where your body makes contact with the surface,
The sounds around you,
The temperature of the air on your skin.
Keep this attention throughout the whole reminder.
And if you forget,
Simply notice,
Remember,
And come back to feeling yourself.
Today's reminder is about healing.
And I will share a short but powerful quote.
Healing is not about forcing calm.
It's learning to meet yourself where you are.
I'll say it again because I really love it.
Healing is not about forcing calm.
It's about learning to meet yourself where you are.
In this way,
Healing is not about changing anything.
Healing is about being with ourselves and learning again and again that it's okay to be exactly where we are,
Whatever state we are in.
We can meet ourselves there with love,
Compassion and attention.
So today,
My reminder for us is this.
There is nothing wrong with feeling anxiety,
Sadness,
Anger,
With being triggered,
Or feeling any other way.
Yes,
These are uncomfortable sensations that can sometimes disturb how we wish to show up in life.
But avoiding them or trying to fix them doesn't transform anything.
Learning to meet ourselves in these states does.
Imagine these uncomfortable emotions as a child having a temper tantrum.
They're feeling strongly and expressing themselves strongly.
They might be screaming,
Crying,
Being defensive,
They might be difficult to be with.
And even a little annoying.
But nagging them doesn't work.
Ignoring them doesn't work.
Telling them that there is something wrong with them doesn't work.
But being with them does.
And in the long term,
This teaches them how to be with their own emotions without shame.
Healing is not about changing who you are.
Healing is about growing our capacity to be with our most uncomfortable selves.
So today and any other day,
Practice being with these uncomfortable emotions.
I have found this reminder useful on many occasions,
Especially when I feel the sadness that reminds me of depression because I become really afraid that I will become depressed again.
But being with the fear allows me to be with the sadness without creating stories around it.
It doesn't fix anything.
It doesn't change the sadness or the fear of depression.
But it does offer a layer of kindness that helps me keep moving.
Without words,
It feels like I'm saying to myself,
I love you and it's okay.
And the beauty behind this is that it also applies to our most uplifting states.
We have also learned to shy away from our strengths,
Our beauty,
Our power.
By saying I love you,
It's okay to be as you are in our most difficult states also enhances our capacity to shine,
To,
In a figure of speech,
Reach out,
Expand out.
Because in the end,
What we are cultivating is love and kindness for who we are in all the colors and all the ways.
So thank you for joining today and again sending love and blessings to all aspects of you in this journey of life.
