Today, the kiddos are heading back to school. Maybe you are thrilled, maybe you feel sad, maybe you are breathing in the spaciousness, maybe you are feeling the familiar “rush to get out the door.” Maybe you don’t know what you feel but you’ve been reactive all this morning. Maybe there is a feeling of deep contentment because you felt present these last few weeks and you are filled with love from family time. Maybe you feel regretful, disappointed. Maybe you feel hopeful. Whatever it is you are feeling, may these words draw you into the the pauses, the mystery, the sweetness that is here in this moment – within you – and support you as you go about your day…

Sensing
By Lisa McCrohan

Maybe you are rushing to get out the door.
Maybe you are still aching from
that unresolved argument last night.
Maybe you woke up this morning with the familiar
feeling of hopelessness.
Maybe you woke up with renewed faith.
Maybe you woke up to an alarm, the dog,
your child jumping on you.
Maybe
in this moment,
you notice the first glimmers of sunlight
finding their way into your room,
and you feel connected, content.

Whatever it is that you feel this morning,
can you pause for a moment
and draw it closer in?

Can you slow down for a moment,
put your hand on your heart,
and breathe with whatever you are feeling –
pleasant or unpleasant –
and give it space to breathe, too?

Just today,
this moment,
without naming it, judging it…
just feeling the sensations
of the waves of emotions.
No trying to fix it, shift it, cling to it.
Just ABIDING with it –
like you would with a dear friend
coming to you with a heart
open and vulnerable,
tender,
and so wanting just to feel like
someone is listening.

Can you slow down and
feel the pulsations of aliveness?
Can you sense the mystery
weaved within you
that doesn’t need to be named or analyzed,

just reverenced

with breath, silence,
and your sweet presence
for a moment?

Lisa McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP

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Dear Readers, may this be a year of deep listening, sweet joy, and allowing the mystery to unfold within you and around you.

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