I must say I feel blessed today! Not only do I feel that my husband of almost 12 years and I have hit a new stride, but my friendships are blossoming in a way that also fill my heart with love! For the first time in a long while, I feel connected to many people--connected in a way that fills my spirit. I now go to sleep at night with a smile on my face--not only because I have touched others' lives, but because I have allowed myself to be reached as well. When we turn ourselves over to others in a complete way and become vulnerable to our feelings, we can truly reach a state of bliss. That level of connectivity is priceless! I care deeply for my family and my dear friends who offer me this ability to connect and, most importantly, to feel. I've come to realize recently as I have struggled with new challenges in life--finding balance in marriage, coping with a special needs child, nurturing my amazing daughter, and settling into new career paths for both myself and my husband--that life is meant to be felt. For so long I multi-tasked and micro-managed my life that I became well versed in subtracting emotion, especially when it got in the way of completing tasks. We must feel--happiness, anger, sadness, joy--whatever the feeling is we must allow it to run its course. We cannot deny ourselves this process, as all we achieve when we do are greater levels of frustration in nearly all aspects of life. I am happy today because I took the time to feel--to revel in each moment of happiness, joy, sadness, anxiety and satisfaction that I have experienced since the time I got out of bed this morning. From feeling appreciated at work and being greeted lovingly by my family to the incredibly intense moments of sadness and joy experienced in conversations with friends, I have allowed my emotions to enter my life, and I am a more complete person because of this. Hope you can learn to feel as I have because it is tremendously liberating and simply wonderful!
2 comments:
Right on sister! So much of the time it is easy to suppress feelings because we don't have "time" to deal with them and so we let them stew in our hearts and eventually bring us to a point of being too overwhelmed and breaking down. Thank you for reminding me to live in the moment, of a mantra that I use to say often, Amor Fati:Love what is. Have a beautiful and blessed day!
So exciting and great to see this side of you open up even more! I feel so honored and humbled to be counted among your friends and family. I love what I've read, and you, too, are again inspiring me to be all I can be! Thank you sis!
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