Learning To Be

Pain shows up in all different forms 

All with one mission, one agenda 

For some it’s anxiety, others ocd, depression 

Molded for a purpose 

Our purpose in our life 

To experience and to feel it 

Not to resist

To listen and understand 

But mostly to be with 

To sit with our experiences 

To live them

We often try to run from discomfort

Flee from pain

Dash at the sight of challenge 

But in this life, avoidance is an impossibility 

Because growth is our purpose 

And growth is only possible when there’s challenge

Running from the unavoidable breeds stuckness

Stuck in the pain and discomfort 

That which we try to avoid at all costs

Learning to lean into the discomfort 

Can grow a beautiful garden full of flowers, trees and thorns

A wide array of the most luscious blossoms, greenery and weeds 

An endless supply of opportunity for creation

No matter where you are on the path of life

And the path of healing

One thing you can count on is the passing and softening of the intensity of feelings

When you lean into them and tolerate the discomfort 

Allow yourself to be with the uncertainty, the pain, the feelings 

And you will move through them

Because the waves will pass

And you will be standing atop an ocean 

Riding the waves 

Increasing your strength 

Creating limitless capacity to love, to connect and to be.