Today I seek the blessing of space; space to have my feelings and honor their validity but not be ruled by them. Space to accept where I am emotionally, but also to have a sense of perspective about it.  Space to breathe… to sleep… to take a step back from the noise my feelings are making without stepping away from understanding how I feel.

Space is an amazing thing. Culturally we are conditioned to react first, feel bad about reacting, and then avoid our feelings - sometimes in mere moments. Space allows us more freedom; Freedom to look at our reaction and our feelings. To judge them critically and compassionately and take a minute to understand what they are really trying to tell us.

How do we create space when we’re upset? We’re taught many ways, most of which aren’t so healthy and quickly lead into avoidance (please don’t ask me how many pairs of boots I have lusted over in the last couple of days). But we have better options available to us – exercise, rest, laughter.  

The thing I’m working on is this – How do I accommodate caring deeply about something while still creating the space to move through it well?

And so today I seek the blessing of space; of room to process and move through my process – maybe even honor it. And I wish for you this same blessing.