Hey you!

Hang on.

This isn’t all there is.

If it feels thick and slow and hard to breathe, that’s because it often feels that way – especially right now. That thick feeling is offset by another feeling… of lightness.

That lightness comes if you let it – if you don’t try to attach to it. Don’t cling to the lightness out of fear. Let it come and go.  Trust that when the lightness leaves, it will also return.

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There are glimpses of understanding.

Sometimes it all makes sense.

Go out under the moon and catch your breath.

Walk by yourself in a Spring rain and get soaked.  Smell your skin and the wet earth and listen to the grass grow.

You will see that it makes sense.

Let a newborn baby wrap its tender hand around your calloused finger. Feel the energy in that tiny hand.

That makes sense.

The hardness makes sense, for without it, there is no appreciation for ease.

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Show us who you are.  What are you hiding from?  If you won’t let us see you, how can we come to know you and love you.

Open yourself up to the possibility of being loved for who you are – flaws and all.  We all have them.

Ask for a hand, because we are all here for no other reason than to support and nurture each other.

Can you let another nurture you?

You don’t have to be so tough.

Let us see you.

Let us know you.

You deserve to be loved for who you are.

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Hang on.

It gets sweeter.

There is joy to be found in a morning spent pulling weeds or a night spent falling asleep on the couch getting lost in a book.

There is good spaghetti yet to eat.

There are children to watch grow and hikes to take.

There are flowers to be picked and friends to be made.

There is good wine to share.

There are mountains of buttery popcorn to be devoured while sitting in a dark theater next to your best friend watching a new summer blockbuster in air conditioning when it’s 98 degrees outside.

There will be phone calls from old friends who miss you.

There will be bright spots right around the corner.

Hang on.