Which Part of You is Tired?

When was the last time you felt good? 

Let yourself feel something good? Allowed yourself to look for something good?

There tends to be this fear that if we stop to feel good, congratulate ourselves or just celebrate and enjoy for a while, the drive and motivation that got us where we are will diminish.

What if it wasn't always about the next goal? Could you allow yourself to slow down sometimes and just be where you're at? To give yourself a moment to appreciate how far you've come?

I think for a lot of us on any personal growth journey, we can tend to fixate on what still needs to be done. What still needs work. Where we feel we're still "lacking".

Chasing isn't about a need. Chasing is about a want.

Wanting a feeling and still thinking it's somehow outside of us. This is what exhausts us.

Knowing when to stop is just as important as knowing when to take action.

This is how we make anything sustainable.

Sometimes the work is just in learning how to receive.

Action is required in order to move forward, and sometimes inaction is okay too. To take a moment to savour the view of the heights we’ve climbed so far, without a need to rush to the top. There is no finish line in the journey we call growth. The journey we call love. The journey back to ourselves. Because it takes constant, consistent effort, it also requires constant, consistent rest.

Which part of you is tired? Let that be a signal to you to decide which part of you needs rest. Which part of you needs to stop for a while. Stopping doesn’t mean quitting. Stopping doesn’t mean giving up. Stopping just means letting the engines cool, allowing a bit of maintenance, and then getting up again, when YOU feel ready.

Care needs to be a consistent effort. This is how we create long-term, lasting energy for ourselves. How we learn to not try harder, but softer - a slow drip of kindness towards ourselves so that a full breakdown becomes something not only avoidable, but unnecessary in order for us to give ourselves permission to pause, reflect and rest.

Take care of yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be gentle with the beautiful, soft, wondrous being that you are. Bask in your own light, your own radiance, regularly. The energy that dwells within you, that emanates from you, and that exists all around you is sacred and unique to you. Be generous with yourself. Never doubt for a moment that you are worth every ounce of consideration, patience, and thoughtful attention that you dole out so generously to others. You are the most amazing thing about you. All you have to do is remember.