I need to learn this again and again. I'm starting to accept that I ebb and flow. Rather than being shocked every time the ebb happens. It's a slow process of learning and unlearning. And it's hard to see the progress sometimes but even being able to notice this now is progress.
Yes! Having that compassion for the ebb and flow is so important - it makes sense that we're just as fluid and changeable as the wild world with all its cycles and spirals, but can be so difficult to honour and accept that when the 'human-made' world is so linear and demands so much consistency. It helps so much to give ourselves the grace that we deeply need in the face of all the expectations to show up in exactly the same way every day, despite the fluctuations of the season or our own minds and bodies. Thank you for sharing your reflection, Janelle! You're so right that awareness is the starting point. Maddy :)
I need to learn this again and again. I'm starting to accept that I ebb and flow. Rather than being shocked every time the ebb happens. It's a slow process of learning and unlearning. And it's hard to see the progress sometimes but even being able to notice this now is progress.
Yes! Having that compassion for the ebb and flow is so important - it makes sense that we're just as fluid and changeable as the wild world with all its cycles and spirals, but can be so difficult to honour and accept that when the 'human-made' world is so linear and demands so much consistency. It helps so much to give ourselves the grace that we deeply need in the face of all the expectations to show up in exactly the same way every day, despite the fluctuations of the season or our own minds and bodies. Thank you for sharing your reflection, Janelle! You're so right that awareness is the starting point. Maddy :)