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Lost Hope?
Lost Hope? Lot to be said for the golden anchor of ‘Hope’ when you are feeling in a really dark place in your life…but what do you do when you feel completely battle weary…and when any remnants of hope flicker out? Or when you feel so disempowered that you feel exhausted , all your trust of and in ‘the process’ and/or in others has completely been destroyed?
It’s not a pretty place to be… grim, dark and can leave you feeling very alone…and a whole array of emotions can show up, past hurt, self – sabotage and feeling very small and stupid for having had hope in the first place, for believing that things ‘could be different’ in life.
Have you ever been there? Most people have one way or another…
So how can you pull back from feeling that you have let go of the edge of the abyss?
You take a breath…
You are kind to yourself. Rather than destroy yourself for having had the hope and for being ‘naïve’ you can choose to recognise that it is a blessing to be open and optimistic, to look to the world with an open heart. Chose therefore to continue being you…not for any gain or particular ‘outcome’ but simply because you are you and you can only ever truly be your own authentic self… recognise that it gives you empowerment to be yourself even the face of adversity…you are able to stand tall and look people in the eye, as you are connected to your core authentic self… true to your values and the things that you cherish…
And then continue to walk forward…step by step…
It is odd how this in a sense is a form of ‘letting go’ that spiritual traditions speak of, and with this therefore comes a certain level of calm and inner peace… your life may not be ‘ideal’ you may not be ‘living your dreams’ at this point…but you feel an inner calm, a respite from previous exhaustion from battling within a situation…
Soo… Breathe…stand in your own unique self and absorb the beauty that surrounds you… the beauty in a smile, the beauty of the sky…or the beauty of the landscape and the river…
The cold water grips by body and makes me gasp…yet once that initial shock has subsided I am aware of the flow of the river… swollen by the rain the current strives to pull me downstream… not today, today I swim across it enjoying the feeling of the raindrops that land and ‘bounce’ off the waters surface…
Just being
Me…
Namaste
Enjoy your journey X