How can we move through a difficult time?

Walk straight through the middle.
Feel everything.
Straighten up
and take a breath.
Open your eyes
and lift your gaze.
“Don’t be afraid” someone might say…

Hmm… you will feel fear.
Because it’s new.
Because it’s frightening.
Because you don’t want to see it.
…all of it
that you’ve already been feeling
for far too long.

But walk through the middle
with that fear.
Even though you feel it
— take a step forward.
Stop
when you feel
you can’t go any further.

Straighten up
and take a breath.
Open your eyes
and lift your gaze.
Feel everything.
See it.
Breathe.
Just look.
Don’t do anything with it.
Just look at it.
Exactly as it is.
“That’s how it was”
“That’s how it is”

Take another step.
Despite the fear.
Straighten up
and take a breath.
Observe.
Breathe.
Allow yourself to feel.
Take the next step.
Repeat.
🙂