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ars poetica's avatar

“and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

thank you for the reminder to bear witness to my own Becoming.

and for your Words <3

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Sandra Ann Miller's avatar

This is so beautiful. How have I bloomed in 2023 so far? I chose to be happy. I had been in such a terrible mood/place since 2016 that, at the end of 2022, I knew I couldn't go on like that any longer. So, I decided to be happy. As gross as that may sound, that's what I did, and not in any toxically positive way, because barf. I am not ignoring the awful and the pain in the world, just redirecting myself back to happy instead of staying in the ick. To know that's possible, and that being in an endless rage spiral isn't required for being present, is a relief. (Not that there's not an occasional spiral.) Thank you for this. xo

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