19/12/2023
Moving with life is a commitment, a practice, and an art.
This weekend I was away visiting friends and it was filled with so many fun and happy moments- and also brought manyyy opportunities for me to practice mindfulness, presence and non-attachment in alignment with the woman I am meant to be ✨
Lessons rarely come in the ways we’d like, so of course today went nothing like what I had planned lol. In the past I would have descended into a downward spiral of negative thoughts, imagined the worst, punished myself and those closest to me, and thought the city was chewing me up just to spit me back out. Heavy.
To end this day that would easily have thrown off my entire week at a different point in my life with a smile on my face is a beautiful and rewarding experience.
I feel deep appreciation for my emotional growth, my sense of self-responsibility, and my capacity to adapt. I feel pride in how I carried myself through continuous challenges. Today I got to feel the “real world” benefits of years of mental, emotional and spiritual work, and damn is it ever gratifying ⚡️ These moments of insight don’t come every day, so it feels good and right to celebrate them when they do.
I used to think that pushing and forcing were the only things that made me strong, now I realize that surrender and acceptance are where my true power lie.
Fighting with life was exhausting… moving with life feels like a beautiful and intuitive dance: honest, free, and empowering.