My Tender Heart
Yesterday I met myself. After a busy week, a wonderful busy week, I met myself. When we slow down, when we stop even for a moment, we can meet ourselves where we are.
I met my tender heart. I came face to face with the grief I’m feeling over what’s happening in the world. Over what we’ve experienced these past two years.
The word that’s been with me is comfort.
I wrote to you all earlier in the year and spoke about how we can get comfortable in the familiar and how this can keep us stuck. John O’Donohue uses beautiful words to describe this “When we remain sealed in our shell, we are no longer able to hear our own life.”
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Comfort is necessary. More now than ever. My heart needs softness, it needs tenderness. It needs comfort and safety.
Our central nervous systems have been in stress for far too long now. Can you tune in for just a moment? Can you feel it in your body? How does it feel for you?
When I allow myself to feel it, I can feel it in every cell in my body. It’s like my body is vibrating. It is changing and moving. At the beginning of the year it was much more intense. As I continue to take care of myself, it keeps softening. I keep softening.
Signs that your central nervous system and your heart need soothing:
You’re crying a lot
You’re reacting more than you usually do
You’re tired all of the time
You may be losing your temper with those around you
You’re turning to comfort outside of yourself; TV, food, online shopping
It will be unique for each of us. Listening to the signals allows us to care and tend to ourselves.
To really drop into what it is we need. What does your heart and soul need right now?
This week I’m dropping into softness, into tenderness. I’m going to be kind and compassionate to myself and I’m going to take care of my needs.
Sending you all love.
