I am a learner. I love to read and write. I am a keen observer and have written many times about ‘noticing’. I absorb information and I don’t always agree. And, throughout, almost every conversation I have had this year, people have talked about an unsettled world, frustrations, uncertainties and overwhelm.
So, over this winter break I’ve been trying to process some of those conversations and make sense of some of the broader concepts so that I can be most useful to those I work with, my family and loved ones. Like many, my bandwidth is low at the moment, so I have simplified this reflection to the smallest language pieces I can, and here it goes:
I am not perfect…
I embrace my intuitive self…
I don’t always understand…
I wonder if the world notices…
I have learned to go slow, to go fast…
I have some stored responses that would be best unlearned…
I have others that are evolving…
I learn everyday…
I am comfortable in my own skin…
I am not always happy with the reflection in the mirror…
I have learned to pause…
I struggle…
I have experienced grief…
I know great love…
I overthink…
I celebrate when I can…
I am a good friend and partner…
I am fiercely loyal…
I have capacity to trust….
I never give up…
I challenge, provoke, question…
I ponder…
I am flawed…
I am strong…
I know that everything has a shadow side…
I am human!
I reckon we will all get further in this great puzzle of life when we accept our humanness and lean into the things that matter. We are all worth it!
Cheers to a Semester 2 filled with human connection, working WITH others to stay on the High Road and be as deeply restorative as we can be in every moment; with the grace to get over ourselves when we need to; and to just have a crack when things feel rough.
Can you relate?
