✦ ❨ 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗜𝗫 ❩ ✻ ┈────── 𖧷 If you feel things deeply, if the world has weathered you, if you are going through something that is uncomfortable or painful, or hard - you often have to decide between allowing yourself to dive into those emotions, or allowing yourself to numb them. And, a lot of human beings choose to numb their experience of the world. A lot of human beings tell themselves that it is all too much, that is all too inconvenient, to deal with the depth of their circumstance. And it is often not their fault. In a world that has given us so many ways to kill our pain — We try to protect ourselves from pain, but if I have learned one thing this year, it is that pain demands to be felt. Please, do not run from your feeling. Get to know your mind, your heart, your soul. Trace your fingers over your wounds. Get to know the parts of yourself that you have hidden from the light. Heal yourself from the inside. "Focusing on yourself taking care of yourself leads to greater fulfillment so you have more time, energy, and space in your life for others." ───────────── • • • ✦