Reflections from a midlife journey
Awaiting the light of dawn
This quote from Emily Dickinson came to me not once but twice recently: “Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.” I have to say, this may be the best advice I’ve ever read for navigating transition and it’s exactly what I needed to hear.
Unconscious compliance
Unconscious compliance can manifest in any number of ways, all of which keep you stuck in your life. At its core, though, unconscious compliance is always a false story that someone else assigned to you that has run your life because you believed it to be true.
Filling the well
I’m going to go out on limb here and hazard a guess that you give … a lot … but to everyone and everything else but yourself. It is a common misconception that giving to others is selfless while giving to ourselves is selfish. However, I have learned that if my personal well is running dry, I have very little to give to others.