I Hope You Give Yourself Space To Honor What You Feel
'You owe it to yourself and your life to actually experience it fully.'
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If you do anything today, I hope you give yourself space to honor what you feel. Whatever it is that you feel.
Feel what you do even if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else. Even if someone says you’re not supposed to feel the way you do. Even if another person alive couldn’t relate to what you’re feeling. Feel it anyway.
Feel what you do even if it’s ugly and messy and rough around the edges. Even if it’s the worst of you. Even if you’re afraid to hear what the pain has to say. Even if you’d rather pretend you didn’t feel a damn thing and be numb. Feel it anyway.
Feel what you feel even if it’s silly. Even if it’s joy you have to celebrate alone. Even if it’s little and quirky and only for you. Feel it anyway.
I want you to lean into feeling even when it’s scary and doesn’t make sense to you. I want you to grab feeling by its hand and explore its inner workings together. I want you to ask questions. I want you to be okay without answers. I want you to wonder. I want you to think. I want you to be curious about the darkness. I want you to embrace the quiet. I want you to enjoy the lightness.
I want you to be absolutely enveloped by feeling because that is why you’re alive. That is why you are here. To feel everything you do and feel it deeply. Because to do otherwise is a betrayal to your heart, to your humanity, to yourself.
I hope you give yourself space to honor what you feel because you deserve to experience your own emotions. You owe it to yourself and your life to actually experience it fully. Besides, you can't ignore what is demanding to be heard forever.
What We’re Reading This Week 📖💛
“What is the word for the child that grieves leaving the nest? Do we ever really stop needing our mother’s hug, or in my case, hand-holding?” — Agustina Van Thienen
“it’s okay if this is the best you can do.” — Natalia Vela
“The allure of the graphic tee is the thrill of seeing people’s reaction to whatever celebrity or funny joke or nostalgic pop culture reference is on my person. The trap, of course, is that you have to continue wearing the shirt long after the payoff in the form of a smile or maybe a chuckle has receded.” — Nicholas Russell
“Those with stability seem to crave flexibility; those with flexibility seem to crave stability.” — J.P. Brammer
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Let us leave you with this:
“On some days i just cry
over the way a lyric wrapped
its silk self around my shoulders
On some days
i just
let myself cry.” — M.G. Hughes
Feel your feelings, fully and deeply 🌸
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