Hey friends,
This month’s newsletter took its sweet time arriving. I caught myself sitting at my desk doing EVERYTHING BUT allowing it to flow. Purging emails, surfing books, even making that tedious customer service phone call, for goodness’ sake!
I watched myself and wondered briefly: what’s going on?
When an answer wasn’t immediately apparent, I moved myself to a different chair, made tea, pretty much did anything BUT turn toward the stuckness to see what might be there.
Yet, despite my avoidance, something deeper was stirring, a quiet wisdom or intuition operating outside my “Nancy brain.”
Eventually, after several days of shuffling papers and bumping around at the edges of my resistance, a simple question emerged in my awareness.
Hello, Stuckness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again…
What do you need?
And truly, after only a split-second my Stuckness began dropping truth bombs:
More simple cheer during the holidays! Stop buying in to commercialism.
Mmm-hmm. Agreed.
Honor and speak your truth rather than stuffing your needs and pretending you’re “fine, fine.”
Ooof. Got it.
Cool it. Get real.
Okay, work in progress.
Madam Stuckness had been flying just beneath the radar, sabotaging my productivity and dulling my spirit. It wasn’t until I sat with her, unwrapped her strange packaging, and listened that I finally heard what she had been trying to say.
And guess what?
Relief swept in.
Not because I had smoothed all the tangles in my inner world, but rather because I had paused and listened, asking that deceptively simple question, “What do you need?”
Today I awoke clear-headed, ready to write, and full of gratitude. So here I am, sending you bright love, warm hugs, and the gift of allowing – allowing yourself to pause, to listen, and to let a strangely-wrapped truth surprise you with its wonder and wisdom.
What gift is waiting for you to unwrap this season?
With cheer and the magical gifts of allowing,
Nancy |
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