your daily rock : open up

June 14, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

So many things in life shut us down: criticism, comparisons, overwhelm, shame, depression, insecurity, lies.

Those things make us smaller, reduce us and those around us, squeeze us into spaces too small for living.

Stop.

Breathe.

Reverse the flow from reduction to enlargement, from closed to open.

Let a story out. Watch it connect to other human stories. Feel the space in your chest expand to allow for breathing again.

Open up.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.