your daily rock : be gentle with your self
What does gentle look like?
It looks like pausing as you look in the mirror to honor what you see, fully aware of the living that has gone on behind those eyeballs, in those hips, and on that skin.
It looks like pausing before saying “yes” to another commitment that will exhaust you, and then saying “yes” to yourself, instead.
It looks like pausing as you cook dinner to feel the satisfying weight of the spoon in your hand.
It looks like pausing to read a good book in a big chair.
It looks like opening space for yourself to grieve, to love, to long for, to remember, to laugh.
It looks like responding to yourself with the kind of patience and unconditional love you extend to friends.
It looks like all that, and more.
Love,
(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
