The game of life and how to play it : Shinn, Florence Scovel, d. 1940 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://t.co/pOUPUaEuLb via @internetarchive
We’re being desensitized.
Don’t lose your empathy.
Watching people die on your phone isn’t normal.
Remember to take breaks, take care of yourselves, your loved ones and your community.
It’s been a hard year.
One marked by losses that feel insurmountable. Losses I still can’t seem to get over.
I’m surprised by how physical grief is. By how a heart can actually hurt when I instinctively go to call or text the people who used to be there and aren’t anymore. That moment still catches me off guard.
And yet, there were moments of joy and achievements this year too. Real ones. Unexpected ones. I hold both truths at the same time.
Tonight, although I have options, and I am deeply aware of how blessed I am to have family and friends I could spend New Year’s Eve with, I am choosing something quieter. I am staying in bed and watching the ball drop.
I did this last year too. I remember wondering if that meant I was sad. I wasn’t.
I see it now as giving myself permission to be a little uncomfortable with change. To let things be different. To spend time with myself without trying to fix, distract, or perform my way through it.
And that is okay.
For those who have had a hard year in other ways — with work, money, uncertainty, or setbacks that feel personal even when they are not — this is for you too.
Whatever your hardships were this year, take tonight to honor yourself. Do not beat yourself up over what you could have done or should have done. If we had known better at the time, we would have.
I am trying to learn that some things are simply out of my control, and that learning that does not mean failure. It means being human. I try to practice this too — sometimes I can’t turn off that voice that beats myself up for my failures that I’m trying to redefine so they don’t consume me into shame.
If you are alone tonight, by choice or not, let it be okay. Put on your favorite pajamas. Order your comfort meal. Grab the snack you love. Let yourself rest in your own strength.
It is okay not to have plans.
It is okay not to be celebrating loudly.
It is okay if you are still grieving.
It is okay if this year challenged you in ways you did not choose or could not control, whether through work, relationships, finances, health, or loss.
It is okay to forgive yourself.
It is okay if you are healing quietly.
Tonight does not have to be about resolutions or reinvention. Sometimes it is enough to simply make it through the year and arrive here, still standing.
Here is to honoring what we have lost, appreciating what remains, and allowing ourselves to enter the new year gently, exactly as we are.
We Are The Spiral 🌀
The SPIRAL LINE (SPL) myofascial meridian forms a double helix around the body, connecting the feet to the skull and pelvis, STABILISING you in all planes, regulating knee movement during walking by creating OPPOSING LOOPS that support rotation and balance.
i have a theory about God i talk about all the time
He knows He can’t reach everyone through the same methods, so He meets you in a way you can understand
if you’re naturally funny, He puts you in situations that, in hindsight, are so absurd you can’t help but laugh
if you’re analytical, He shows up as patterns. coincidences that line up too cleanly to ignore
if you’re emotional, He reaches you through love and loss. through people who break you open and show you what mattered
if you’re a skeptic, He lives in the questions that won’t leave you alone
God isn’t broadcasting on one frequency and blaming people for not tuning in
He’s speaking the language you already understand
and if you ever stop long enough to listen, you realize He’s been talking to you the entire time