“All our journeys are in our minds”
Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick). Vikings Season 4
Song: Where’s the Love by Trevor Hall
Thought: This soundtrack comes from Glennon Doyle – You’re actually not a mess at all; you’re just a feeling person in a messy world. In so many ways, I was indoctrinated to think I was a mess and needed to be cleaned up (fixed). I would routinely tell myself I’m a mess believing people in my life. It wasn’t until I read Untamed by Glennon that I realized it was not about me at all.
I choose to feel and sit with what comes. That doesn’t mean every feeling has to be expressed or acted on but it does need to be observed and respected.You don’t have to look far these days to see the messy world around us and I am grateful to feel the corners of emotions from enraged to ecstatic to despair to serene. Feelings are a superpower of changes.
I feel enraged when the rights of women are being taken by men. I feel frightened watching the capital being ransacked. I feel hopeless about mass shootings at grocery stores, synagogues, black churches and schools. I am furious as we consume endless amounts of stuff that pollutes our land and oceans.
I don’t have an answer to these challenges but I’m grateful to feel them enough to want one.
Amen to all of this and to wanting and working towards a better world.
I love this post/blog! I can relate to similar feelings and states of being. We are meant to feel as humans!
Going up it seemed that the messages the world was sending to me was to control or deny my emotions. I now understand how important it is to feel your emotions. It’s not only okay but healthier for me. Where the control comes in is how to process them. How to use them to help me be a better person in the world.