spark joy
The really surprising gift is that although this work is very heavy and intense at times this journey towards a more conscious way to live gives me a joyful leap in my soul. As I turn the corner trauma and justice work is surrounded with many serendipities, unexpected alignments, provisions, and miracles. Truly it is a joy to walk here where the work is aligned with what truly matters. Being fully human embraces the spectrum of experience. Suffering is our teacher, but it also stretches out how large our hearts are expanded to receive equal joy and walk in gratitude because we know what it is to be without. I acknowledge my ego's desire for approval and outward manifestations, but I also welcome that my ego has been allowed to take its downward descent into discovering the truest version of myself pared down from the waste of external pressures and masks.