What resonated for me was the idea that the danger often feels real long after we’ve stopped needing it. My version is usually “let it go.”
When I remember, I feel lighter almost immediately. Not because anything has changed externally, but because I’ve stopped trying to manage something that was never really mine to carry
The conditioning still shows up. The difference now is that I catch it more often.
I love that. I think this is what I’m still slowly learning to feel: the danger was real when I was a young boy. That was a loooong time ago.
Soothing the scared kid inside me is a big part of it. Letting him know I’m grown now, and that I can take on what scares him, and he can go lay down, or play, or do whatever he wants.
What resonated for me was the idea that the danger often feels real long after we’ve stopped needing it. My version is usually “let it go.”
When I remember, I feel lighter almost immediately. Not because anything has changed externally, but because I’ve stopped trying to manage something that was never really mine to carry
The conditioning still shows up. The difference now is that I catch it more often.
I love that. I think this is what I’m still slowly learning to feel: the danger was real when I was a young boy. That was a loooong time ago.
Soothing the scared kid inside me is a big part of it. Letting him know I’m grown now, and that I can take on what scares him, and he can go lay down, or play, or do whatever he wants.
You’re right. This is no longer ours to carry.