Now is not the time for boot strapping.
Now is the time for grieving, in every form it takes.
I'd like to see you be gentle with yourself.
I'd like to see you do what you need to do - to get by... because the suffering is like a shadow that takes different forms of shouldering. It does the work that we aren't meant to carry.
When you lean into the sadness, instead of avoiding it, the suffering is allowed to express itself and is heard.
As adults, we can take a page out of the natural expression of a child who cries out when injured, it is healthy to cry.
Holding yourself, prolongs the grief.
Giving the suffering room to breathe and be acknowledge as it is, softly clears the pain, little bit by little bit.
You do you, you know?
kek
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