As Pema says, “Every ending is a new beginning.” Part of relaxing and surrendering into the chaos of life is the soulful acknowledgement of impermanence.
The Earth is catapulting us into a deeply transformative time of personal growth and opportunity. We are being called to explore what it means to be human.
What I was feeling, all that emotional pain, would allow me to get to know, love and accept myself more and to also have greater compassion for others.
I spent this past year working on each and every area of my report card from the deep place of knowing that "Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." (Pema Chödrön)
I have allowed myself to articulate core beliefs about worth and wounds, and not automatically shut them away for fear of anyone else's feelings about my (perceived) brokenness.
Oh, how I loathe Consequences -- the psychological equivalent of a pair of Spanx. Consequences not only squeeze us, they often spank us too. For a people-pleaser who wants everyone to love her, the possibility that my C-people will never forgive me packs a whuppin’ of pain.
Although utterly destroyed, it is only through such breaking open that the acorn might become the oak. Discomfort, pain and difficulty often accompany too our own spiritual germination. After all, we are being planted in our own ground of being and must break open in order to grow.