Paradoxes.

Paradoxes help me live outside of the either/or.

Paradoxes help me live in the both/and world, which to me, is a more honest representation of my human experience.

I bumped into a neighbor this morning who commented on how I’ve been showing up on LinkedIn, and how sparkly I’ve been. Thank you, Diane.

And then she asked me how I’m doing, and I almost burst into tears.

I’m going through some hard things in my heart. I choose to allow the truth of that, and the truth that I can also be sparkly, to exist at the same time.

It’s not either/or.

Some mornings, I surrender, forehead to floor, and ask the universe for guidance.

Feeling the grief.

Feeling the fear.

Feeling the doubt.

Letting them wash over me and away like a wave.

Then I get up, and do the things I help my WILL members do.

Take deep breaths.

Meditate.

Put my hands over my heart and say, “I am okay. I am safe. I am loved.”

I dance.

I journal.

I work on my beliefs of what’s possible.

I listen for a message that I feel called to share, that might help someone else, say it aloud, tidy it up and press send.

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