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It’s not the distance – it’s the stillness.
We were on the edge of summer, progress, consistency or prosperity.
And then silence.
That’s the hardest part.
There was no deceleration.
One day we were –
and now we’re not.
I’m privileged that my reality hasn’t been rocked too hard –
I am a master of self induced isolation and social distancing.
However I am empathetically engrossed in the state of those around me through no fault of their own.
I just feel them.
The heaviness is ominous.
The stillness is maddening.
The uncertainty is frightening.
And the lack of control is depressing.
But we will endure –
simply because we have to.
There is no other choice – do or don’t.
The only way out is through.
What is on the other side of suffering? Whatever you work to have there.
What we remain autonomous over is our intentions.
Our emotions and mental health and daily lives are about to be brutally buttfucked.
Bend over, bite down and breathe.
It’s coming.
But you’ll live.
Because you have to.
So what’s on the other side?
What can you build with this change of pace?
You’re here and you’re going to be here, so embrace it or choose to suffer.
Find purpose in the shift.
When was the last time you sought out slow?
It has so many messages.
Slow is where we meet ourselves in our light and shadow.
You see it all when you create the time to and actually bother to look.
It can be hard. But it can be exponentially expansive.
These are the places where habits are born. Or die.
I’m here too.
I don’t always like it – but sometimes I do.
But I’ve learned not to fight it.
To sit back and embrace it.
It will still hurt, but it won’t consume.
It won’t overwhelm or scare me.
Feel the fear and do it anyways because the only way out is through.
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(Music credit: Madness – RF Ruelle)
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