If the head of the year is how the rest will be Then I want gentleness now As I cook As I bake As I fast As I prepare As I list As I tend As I tuck them in As I wake them up As I tuck myself in and wake myself up In all the ways As I look within I want gentleness now To find moments where my head finds a whisper in place of a command In my schedule In my movement In my voice In my time In my space In my love In my friendship In my eagerness to grow and do and leave my mark, I want gentleness now I want gentleness now When the season is sweeping us up And the murmur of women I know And many I don't Is higher pitched And busy And tired I remind myself Gentle Gentle Gentle Nothing is wrong with me When I choose to be slow And drop things as I go I remind myself Gentle Gentle Gentle I can to-do with a pace That keeps sight of my soul I can move with grace That makes sure I stay whole It will get done either way Say it again It will get done either way It’s only with practice that I know it to be true Mmm, the wisdom born from devotion It will get done either way And what won’t get done Was simply not willed into existence It isn’t a failure But a collaboration with the divine As it gently falls to the floor Carried By air, by spirit Like a feather No crash No noise Just a happy floating descent Because it was Safe to fall Sacred to fall And no one will notice it at all Except me As I sip my coffee And enjoy a plate of food Or put my feet up as II listen to my favorite song And amuse myself with how true it is that these chosen moments to myself — WITH myself— are connection, are purpose, are resolutions So that I can be A human A soul A divine being (not doing) Connected to source What is it all for, if we don’t embody this knowing? Remorse Apology Doing better Commitment Reflection What if it was all born from gentleness anyway? In a season of resolutions I remind myself Gentleness is a resolution Dropping the ball is a resolution Even, a revolution Pausing to listen To know and see our whole selves and broaden our awareness of what’s beyond us Mmmm Feels like the main ingredient To align and realign with the Divine And the Divine in me My feminine My slow My nurture My gifts In my joy So this season, I press gentle mode And hold a little longer Unhurried Nurturing Tending Seeing Trusting I transform and repent from spaciousness and tenderness and authenticity Who told us it had to be any other way?
____________________________ If the head of the year is how the rest will be Then I want gentleness now But it doesn’t come easy Ahhhhh you see The gentle is work too In somatic therapy I find myself snapping my fingers To convey where I am Wanting to do, accomplish Snap snap As in, “get with it” I want to get on track I want to find routine I tell her it’s coming from eagerness Not anxiety But I come to see this is a mask And this isn’t the season for covering the truth We go inward And my body Ya know, that houses my soul Is speaking truth to me And I am once again self-guided God-guided Into a wider, deeper, slower, spiritual perspective I fight and resist This? Again? I breathe Come on already But I know how this goes I let go Listen I slow Until I hear a voice — is it hers, is it mine? — reminding me How we cycle through this awareness And themes and messages in our life And learn a little bit more each time (If we’re lucky to hear it) We never perfect it We journey with it How timely How heartbreaking How gorgeous How patient I get to learn this over and over And over again A little bit more Slowly Each time Like a baby Then a child Now, an adult, but still With a loving parent marking my little happy flowing milestones Learning A little bit more Slowly Gently Each time So I can truly integrate Everything I need Everything I want Realign with the Divine Deeper, not faster Stronger, not louder A tender caress A guiding hand A little permission A kinder voice Gentleness that I pray will move like a beautiful song through the year, leading the way and reminding me that I AM NOT HERE To be on track To rush life To change people To tell the future To control the atmosphere To measure my success To earn my worth I AM HERE To invite To offer To be with To attune To notice To sow To grow To tell all my parts In days of judgment In days of awe In days that decide In seasons of resolutions That I want gentleness now That it is safe here To slow down To be To sink in To let go We can open the door and drop our bags As a prayer As a return Into Divine arms
Mimi, such powerful words, it moved me so much ,I will be re reading this for sure ❤️
May we all reach true Inner peace and clarity
Thanks for sharing your message
Beautifully written and what a beautiful perspective! Love the line “It will get done either way.” I was thinking about that a lot this week! Thank you!