I see you….

Woman, I see you.  Doing your best to do all the things.

Showing up in all the ways, in all the places when you are exhausted.  Beyond exhausted-

frustrated

angry

disappointed

sad

anxious

& tired

Bone tired.

Your compass feels off, you feel full of holes.  Like you are simultaneously taking on water and siphoning your resources. The air is getting thin.

Some days and moments you feel like you don’t even recognize you or your life.  It’s scary & overwhelming.

So you go to your tool kit and look, pray for something, anything to help. And you (hopefully) get some relief….for a time.

And then life comes again, the water pouring in, the air becoming thin.

You are not alone in this place, this intimate, excruciating place, I have been here myself, in what feels like an arduous groundhog day. 

My feet to the same fires.  Same fires, different location.  Same heat, same pain and discomfort.

And the same opportunity.

Opportunity to allow the fire to hone us.

To burn away the old & stale, the no-longer-useful.  Opportunity for the fire to reveal the gold that is found in the ash.  The pure, dense, soul nourishment that can only be found in the ash, your ash.

I see your weariness.

I know the fatigue & the desire, the desperation, to stop the ride, THIS ride.

And, I also your strength

your beauty

your capability

your immense flexibility

How easily you can bend every way with true grace.  Flexibility which is deliberate at times and others, forced. Yet, flexibility and grace that are always at the ready.

I see you, I see all you have been through, all you are managing.  Just how much you are doing.  All the things, everyday.  On repeat.

I see how willing you are in spite of the current conditions, to be a joy seeker.  To fully believe in & embrace the good, happy, fun.

I see your willingness to show up for your people, near & far, to be the love & support they need.

I see you showing up even, especially, when you want to throw in the towel.

Not an option for you. Never.  

Even when the air is thin, the water is rising, the fire raging, you do not recede, pack it in & get out of dodge.

Not you.

You stay the course, fighting for your life.

The life you want, the life you know is possible, the person you know you are here to be.

I see you, flames all around, engulfing you, relaxing into the warmth & purification of the fire.  Accepting what is and softening into the magic within, your magic within, in any way you can.

I see you rising, falling, rising again, knowing that this is practice.  Relaxing into this practice of meeting challenges and rising again.  Not in spite of the challenges but because of the challenges.  This is who you are.

I not only see you, I know you,

you are flexible

you are sacred

you are magic

& you are here to rise!

Are you relaxing into the fiery challenges life brings?  If so, I would love to hear about it in the comments.

If not, message me.  I want you to know you the way I do, https://www.michelesnelling.com/