Welcome, or welcome back if you are revisiting 🙂 I am happy you are here.
I would like to share something with you…
A few days ago & (for the first time in a while), I found myself in a space that I had worked really hard to get out of.
I felt sad & was struggling to “be positive.”
I spent the day going through the motions, avoiding eye contact with anyone I came across because it felt like the moment anyone asked me, “are you okay” I’d burst into tears.
How could I feel so low when just a few days ago, I felt like nothing in the world could bring me down.
I felt disappointed in myself – because how could I allow myself to get to this place, again?
As I spent time reflecting and journaling, (Two habits I have incorporated into my healing journey) I repeated to myself –
The healing journey is hardly – if ever – a straight path.
There are days when something you thought you were over or healed from, will hit you all over again and you will feel it to your core. As though it just happened.
You are not a failure for finding yourself in the darkness again. You are not inadequate for struggling to do the things that normally bring you joy.
A bad day – or sometimes – many bad days, does not erase all of the progress you’ve made. More specifically, feeling pain again does not undo all of the work you’ve done to heal. You do not have to start over from scratch.
Your sadness deserves the same level of care and attention that you’d give yourself if you had a cold. The same way you’d take it easy so that your body could regain the strength it needs to function at its best is the same level of care you must give to your mind when it isn’t feeling well.
If you cannot find the strength to take care of yourself or you are struggling to even want to… Take your time. Be patient with yourself. the heaviness in your heart will lift and you will be able to breathe again.
Love yourself a little extra today because you deserve it.
Extend to yourself the same level of compassion you do with others. & remember that even though it doesn’t always feel like it in the moment, you are not alone in your struggle.
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