DECEMBER 6, 2022 - PEAK POSE: EAGLE TWIST

"If not now, then when?"
We have this great tendency of "if/then"'ing ourselves.
If I make more money, then I'd be successful.
If I lost weight, then I'd be more beautiful.
If I work myself to the bone, then I'm worthy of a vacation.
Etc. Etc. Etc.

What if you cut out the "if/then" from your vocabulary? What if you you felt those things NOW? What if you made those decisions NOW!?

If not now, then when??

This is the poem I read in class:

The Most Important Thing
I am making a home inside myself. A shelter
of kindness where everything
is forgiven, everything allowed—a quiet patch
of sunlight to stretch out without hurry,
where all that has been banished and buried
is welcomed, spoken, listened to—released.
A fiercely friendly place I can claim as my very own.
I am throwing arms open
to the whole of myself—especially the fearful,
fault-finding, falling apart, unfinished parts, knowing
every seed and weed, every drop
of rain, has made the soil richer.
I will light a candle, pour a hot cup of tea, gather
around the warmth of my own blazing fire. I will howl
if I want to, knowing this flame can burn through
any perceived problem, any prescribed perfectionism,
any lying limitation, every heavy thing.
I am making a home inside myself
where grace blooms in grand and glorious
abundance, a shelter of kindness that grows
all the truest things.
I whisper hallelujah to the friendly
sky. Watch now as I burst into blossom.
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©Julia Fehrenbacher