One huge barrier I’ve encountered in taking care has been the feeling of lack and living in the idea of scarcity. Believing that I do not have enough and may not get enough stirs fear up in my heart and keeps me from doing things that are important and necessary to being healthy and functional […]
Read MoreWhen I think about backtracking to a place where I was better at taking care, I find myself in a time in my life where I allowed myself a lot of solitude and space aware from pretty much everyone and everything and as an introvert, that kind of space and solitude is necessary for me […]
Read MoreThe strands of what has unraveled still twist around, waiting to be woven back in. Let’s pick them up again. This is where I am and then – the resistance. The resistance swells within me before I even get started. Everything seems too hard, too much, too boring, too overdone, too simple, too complicated. I […]
Read More“I don’t feel very taken care of right now.” Some prayers start like that. Some prayers start a little angry, a little despairing, a little desperate, a little dramatic. Some prayers are heart wrenching laments from people who just can’t anymore. “Well, are you taking care of yourself right now? Or at all?” […]
Read MoreI’ve been thinking a lot about taking care lately. Taking care of myself and taking care of the things entrusted to me. I’ve been thinking about how it’s all interconnected and I’ve been thinking about how easily everything can begin to unravel once a few things start to unravel. My first decade or so […]
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