With every year there are silent battles and battle fields I have journeyed through that no one knew, sometimes not even myself until one day I woke up and the damage or wreckage met me in such a way that it could not be dismissed or ignored.
So, so often, and yet there is this voice that convinces me that no one will understand or that I should be ashamed of the liminal spaces I may find myself in. Another Substacker shared a quote from a book ‘The Untethered Soul’ and I was able to read some pages of the book online.
One passage reads: “There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind - you are the one who hears it.”
At the top of the year my sister declared that as a lover of movies she would only be watching movies she considered “high art “. As a lover of words, your words are my “high art”. I look forward to being more present with your art. Thank you, as always, for sharing. Happy new year.
I needed these words. In my experience, from what I’ve gathered, it’s true that people tend to go through the same overarching theme(s) each year. For 2025, the consensus I’ve seen/heard from many echoes the sadness, the brutality, the ache that you mentioned here. And yet, even in knowing this, how true that we often are journeying through alone. Forging the path for ourselves. Breaking in our own way, budding, shifting… But I appreciate your perspective here. Where to place our honor and how to see the glory in all that has shaped us, even if at first it requires us to bend out of the shape of everything we thought was comfort and and sustainable and truth. Thank you for this 🤎
Thank you for this. These words reached me at a time I need them most.
Grateful for this. Sending you a gentle embrace.
I feel every word of this friend. It's funny how we seem to travel on parallel roads so often. Sending you love.x
So, so often, and yet there is this voice that convinces me that no one will understand or that I should be ashamed of the liminal spaces I may find myself in. Another Substacker shared a quote from a book ‘The Untethered Soul’ and I was able to read some pages of the book online.
One passage reads: “There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind - you are the one who hears it.”
Sending you love too. xx
At the top of the year my sister declared that as a lover of movies she would only be watching movies she considered “high art “. As a lover of words, your words are my “high art”. I look forward to being more present with your art. Thank you, as always, for sharing. Happy new year.
Also, listening to the audio of this was soothing.
I needed these words. In my experience, from what I’ve gathered, it’s true that people tend to go through the same overarching theme(s) each year. For 2025, the consensus I’ve seen/heard from many echoes the sadness, the brutality, the ache that you mentioned here. And yet, even in knowing this, how true that we often are journeying through alone. Forging the path for ourselves. Breaking in our own way, budding, shifting… But I appreciate your perspective here. Where to place our honor and how to see the glory in all that has shaped us, even if at first it requires us to bend out of the shape of everything we thought was comfort and and sustainable and truth. Thank you for this 🤎