It’s Enough
Whoa, long silence here on the blog front. I’m honoring my silence like a cloak of rest. I could list the various stresses on our family system and point to shifting factors limiting my time to write. I could apologize and make a bid for sympathy. But really, who isn’t feeling overloaded? If there is anything shared by many of my clients, it’s the feeling of operating above capacity.
Sure, I have phases in my life when I live in more balance, nourish myself deeply, hold my boundaries effectively, and feel aliveness day in and day out. But really, this practice of being a human in the world is about what happens when we’re feeling pushed. What habits emerge when we are at the lowest common denominator? Is there something you reliably turn to that is small enough to actually do and nourishing enough to not numb?
Currently my daily practices are tiny, fleeting moments. A deep breath here. A moment of joy watching our seedlings pop up. Feeling my feet on the floor and my body settle. A five minute meditation carved into a rushed morning. It’s not what I am shooting for, and still, it’s enough.
This practice has been sustaining me. Maybe it will resonate with you.
In the morning I lie on two tennis balls underneath my shoulder blades (tie them into an old sock so they don’t roll away.)
I breathe, for 1 minute or 5 - whatever is available.
I feel my heart rising and expanding. It’s like my heart lifts up, and my head rests down - literally and metaphorically letting my thinking/judging self drop back a bit.
I connect with the love that is in me. It is always here, available for me and for the world.
I remind myself that no matter what happens today, it is enough if I show up with my heart forward.
Take a listen to this prayer for stopping. The quiet melody has been a reassuring lullaby in my ears for weeks now. Thanks to the brilliant and inspired @adriennemareebrown for reposting this necessary music medicine on Instagram.
If you are the journaling type, maybe these prompts will inspire:
• what do you check for to know if what you are offering the world is enough?
• which voices inside of you decide what is adequate self care? Do the voices compete or contradict? What are the voices trying to ensure?
It’s enough, it’s enough. It’s more than enough. The world needs you, more than she needs the things that you do.
With love,
Liz
