Calling Out For Help

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A few friends have called out in the night in the past week. I think it's worth saying publicly... Sometimes we need to be babies. Sometimes we need to hear someone say it's going to be OK and that we are valued and are seen and truly loved by others. We are not alone on this journey. We all have different versions of it. Sometimes we make it messier before we clear it--that's just how some of us need to learn. Lessons and loss can be extraordinarily difficult to process and swim through.

Gentle reminders...You are loved and valued more than you know. There are kind and seeing hearts around all of us. Often our self-doubts--or feelings that we are unworthy of love unless producing work or service--and the causal wounds of childhood, like neglect or coldness or unenlightened parenting or worse, can affect our ability to find our footing when things seem to crumble.

If you don't feel strong, I suggest the following: Pretend you have more self-love. Feel it. Absorb it. Live in that imagining, and make it manifest. Pray for courage, insight, and support, or whatever is in your heart. Then, call a friend. Take care that you don't give your power away to destablizing circumstances and fear, or controlling persons whom you deem as authority figures. It is really and only about you. Your life. Your perception. Your love. Your free will.
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Find your strength, integrity, and voice. Friends and professionals are within reach if the journey seems too much. You are loved and valued by many. People just forget to say it enough. --Jeannette Bondurant© 2024
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