f o x g l o v e . a w a k e

Your power is found in facing the parts of you that believe you don’t have any. The simplest way to recognize them is this is to notice what triggers you. What you procrastinate on. What you avoid. What feels too big, too uncomfortable, too exposing. That’s where your power is hiding and these reflections will typically come in the form of another person. In the things they say, the patterns they mirror and the emotions they activate in you, what you tolerate. Not because they are the problem but because they are revealing where the work still is. What you feel strongly about in others is often pointing you back to something in yourself that’s ready to be met

A little old lady today reminded me that I need to take advantage of this one life I have and go live it in full without waiting for the “perfect” moment, without shrinking myself for the comfort of others, and without assuming there will always be more time