“The notion that our lives are like the eternal cycle of the seasons does not deny the struggle or the joy, the loss or the gain,
the darkness or the light, but encourages us to embrace it all-and to find in all of it opportunities for growth.”
- Parker J. Palmer
As the world rotates, I spin, checking things off my list.
I find beauty in the forest one morning,
wrap presents come nightfall, and tell myself over and over . . .
You can do this.
“Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around.
You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around.”
-William Paul Young
It is not the pain of living that overwhelms me,
but rather the paralyzing love that often buldozes my thoughts.
I am learning to allow that love to just be, without limitations.
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