the concept is grasped; the execution is a little elusive.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Ask yourself why you do what you do. Why do you react that way…? Why do you withdraw or want to fight or throw yourself into anything else when faced with stress? Why do you feel the desire to fall back on behaviors & patterns you want to move from when you’re met with a certain situation? You can identify the root, but then you have to pull it. You can get caught up in trying to identify and find the source of your suffering and think when you’ve found it you’re done. Once you find the source & put your attention on it, it begins to dissipate. When you sit with it and work to understand what it’s trying to teach you it dissolves even more. This isn’t a one time process, you can return again and again to the same root source before it’s been dissolved and released. So be patient but continue to examine your actions & speech for self-understanding.
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“Take him out!”
if you’re a praying mantis, it can be all three at once
“I’d like to be what they call relaxed, but I churn, I always churn.”— Martha Gellhorn
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I’ve been feeling incredibly overwhelmed, exhausted, and anxious for the last month - for many reasons. I decided I would try a five minute guided meditation every day for a week because while I’ve never really practiced any kind of meditation or mindfulness, the one-off experiences I’ve had have helped manage at least the physical manifestation of my anxiety.
Tonight the guide walked through a short body scan, and asked me to tune in to how my body was feeling. And then I cried. And cried. And cried. And maybe that’s what I need today. That’s where I am at physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Just so tired and sad.
“All relationships have ups and downs. Romantic fantasy often nurtures the belief that difficulties and down times are an indication of a lack of love rather than part of the process. In actuality, true love thrives on difficulties. The foundation of such love is the assumption that we want to grow and expand, to become more fully ourselves. There is no change that does not bring with it a feeling of challenge and loss.”— all about love | bell hooks (via low–kei)
why is this happening to me?what is this teaching me?
“The only true courage I have is to feel everything. I do not always act or dare to live out my decisions, but I experience them emotionally to the fullest.”— Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947–1955 (via wethinkwedream)
(Source: violentwavesofemotion)
A short life, but a well-spent one.
bad news: a lot can change in a year
good news: a lot can change in a year
sometimes i have too many emotions and sometimes i have none at all but i always always feel like i’m drowning
Learn how to swim Bitch
i made this post when i was in A Mood and all the replies are so angst and depressing except this Whole Ass Mood. Learn how to swim Bitch it’s 2018 we’re dealing with our problems
you’re someone’s dream person