Patience in motion, the light within you, and the ebbs and flows.
MONTHLY REMINDERReader, patience is a form of action. REFLECTION PROMPTS:
DECEMBER'S REFLECTION PROMPTIn December, I will honour the last 12 months by... Whatever 2024 has signified for you, it's all part of the journey. Some dots may have connected (or not). Some anomalies may have popped up. The year may have produced some questions; it may have answered some. You made it. Keep going. How will you choose to say goodbye to 2024? What will you take with you? What will you leave behind? 2 QUOTES WORTH PONDERING1. Poet, Rumi on the illumination we seek: "If everything around seems dark, look again; you may be the light." REFLECTION PROMPTS:
2. Poet Emily Dickinson on life's waves: "I wish you a kinder sea." REFLECTION PROMPTS:
POPULAR IN NOVEMBERPODCAST EPISODE 11: Reminders about making mistakes... (a 5-minute listen)
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MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, you do not need to feel 100% to have a good day. We can become so focused on how we feel that we overlook what a day is still able to hold. A difficult morning can soften. Low energy can exist alongside laughter. Grief can sit beside connection. Pain, worry or tiredness may be present without occupying every part of the day. Sometimes a good day is one in which something nourishing, meaningful or unexpectedly lovely finds its way in. Allowing room for that complexity...
MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, today may feel heavy, but today is not forever. Some days seem to take up a lot of space. Pain, fear, uncertainty, exhaustion or grief can make the present feel larger than the future. When we are living through something difficult, it is easy to mistake the intensity of a moment for permanence. But a difficult day is still a day. It can be painful and consuming without telling us what comes next. Life moves, bodies change, circumstances shift, feelings soften,...
MONTHLY REMINDER Reader, you can make the right decision and still grieve what that decision costs. Some decisions bring relief and loss in the same breath. You can know that leaving was necessary and still miss what you left. You can set a boundary and mourn the closeness it changes. You can choose a new direction and grieve the future that will no longer happen. Even decisions made with clarity can carry consequences we wish we did not have to bear. Grief after a decision does not...