Ohhhhh. To allow ourselves to just be in our feelings, where we are, is the greatest gift. In my experience I’ve had to immerse myself, roll all around in my feeling....and stop trying to “do it right.” Giving ourselves permission to feel, and to recognize that we are soft, gentle creatures in our truest selves....but we’ve worked so hard to shield those parts of ourselves out of shame or fear or both....that someone would trample our tender hearts. Love this post so much!
Getting permission from myself to feel my own feelings- it’s a life’s work. Trying to be soft and slow in the face of, well, almost everything- it’s not what I was taught or what I see in the world at large. And, my tender heart feels so much more at peace when I can just let it be who it is and do the version of right that is in my own heart. It’s not selfish or weak. It’s curious, caring. It amazes me time and time again how the shame I hide isolates me further, how when I get tender I get clear and connected.
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Ohhhhh. To allow ourselves to just be in our feelings, where we are, is the greatest gift. In my experience I’ve had to immerse myself, roll all around in my feeling....and stop trying to “do it right.” Giving ourselves permission to feel, and to recognize that we are soft, gentle creatures in our truest selves....but we’ve worked so hard to shield those parts of ourselves out of shame or fear or both....that someone would trample our tender hearts. Love this post so much!
Getting permission from myself to feel my own feelings- it’s a life’s work. Trying to be soft and slow in the face of, well, almost everything- it’s not what I was taught or what I see in the world at large. And, my tender heart feels so much more at peace when I can just let it be who it is and do the version of right that is in my own heart. It’s not selfish or weak. It’s curious, caring. It amazes me time and time again how the shame I hide isolates me further, how when I get tender I get clear and connected.