this is really helpful, Lora, thank you for sharing personal experience as insight. I resonate deeply with this sentiment of constantly naming our beliefs in public spheres feeds off our energy and sucks the life out of us. wish to move with more tenderness and compassion than fear. I love that you've been praying regularly. me too. sending you love and resilience. <3
Hi Mei, ah I know…and finding the line between when it feels necessary and very important to speak versus when it is sucking out life feels like a continual question. I suppose that’s probably the healthiest least dogmatic response: for it to be a question, even if that isn’t easy. 🩵 thanks for reading and sharing this
Yes, and there is no need for us to be hard on ourselves for being either way because sometimes (at least for me) wanting to speak up comes from this urgent need to “protect” the most vulnerable, but understanding that this is also a collective effort takes away some of the pressure that might lead to isolation in the long run (like you also mention in your essay) 🙂↕️🌹
I've been writing from the recent spiritual experience I've found myself in, wondering if sides are in fact necessary and should be upheld. ie. fought for. I just keep feeling we can whole heartedly disagree and stand where we stand without being enemies. I think sometimes we have to fight (like literally) but we are still not enemies. We will go to war, but there are no enemies. To make an enemy is to make the choice to remove ourselves and them from the kin of nature, and it's always false. We are one big family, in conflict and in harmony, life eats life to live... it's messy and rich.
I love your practices of self care you take for yourself. I too have finally reached such simple practices, wasshing my face twice a day, not starting the day with phone, that are a beautiful ritual in being. Thank you for this.
this is really helpful, Lora, thank you for sharing personal experience as insight. I resonate deeply with this sentiment of constantly naming our beliefs in public spheres feeds off our energy and sucks the life out of us. wish to move with more tenderness and compassion than fear. I love that you've been praying regularly. me too. sending you love and resilience. <3
Hi Mei, ah I know…and finding the line between when it feels necessary and very important to speak versus when it is sucking out life feels like a continual question. I suppose that’s probably the healthiest least dogmatic response: for it to be a question, even if that isn’t easy. 🩵 thanks for reading and sharing this
Yes, and there is no need for us to be hard on ourselves for being either way because sometimes (at least for me) wanting to speak up comes from this urgent need to “protect” the most vulnerable, but understanding that this is also a collective effort takes away some of the pressure that might lead to isolation in the long run (like you also mention in your essay) 🙂↕️🌹
I've been writing from the recent spiritual experience I've found myself in, wondering if sides are in fact necessary and should be upheld. ie. fought for. I just keep feeling we can whole heartedly disagree and stand where we stand without being enemies. I think sometimes we have to fight (like literally) but we are still not enemies. We will go to war, but there are no enemies. To make an enemy is to make the choice to remove ourselves and them from the kin of nature, and it's always false. We are one big family, in conflict and in harmony, life eats life to live... it's messy and rich.
I love your practices of self care you take for yourself. I too have finally reached such simple practices, wasshing my face twice a day, not starting the day with phone, that are a beautiful ritual in being. Thank you for this.
Thanks for being a force of kindness and good, my friend. It's necessary.
these are the words I needed this morning. thank you for offering them <3
Thank you for reading and sharing this sentiment 🩵