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Well, here we are.
While I did not fantasize that this election would be a full restoration of democracy and wellbeing, I admittedly did not expect that we would be set back this far.
I know many of us are exhausted, devastated and afraid, but we have been here before. Don't lose yourself to despair. Rather, shore up your practices and get what you need for the work ahead.
And rest. Yes, REST.
I know that can feel counter intuitive in a moment of urgency like this. But if we want real, deep and long term change, we need to make space and time for the magic to happen.
In the life cycle of the butterfly, there is this resting stage called the pupa where the insect becomes unmoving and dormant. To the naked eye it might appear as if they are doing nothing. BUT it is in this restful, liminal space that the caterpillar undergoes a radical deconstruction before it emerges as a butterfly.
Rest is not just our birthright but it is absolutely necessary to the process of transformation so many of us are yearning for. We must learn to trust the quiet and still places where reflection and recovery is possible. Cynthia Occelli reminds us:
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone.
The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes.
To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction"
May we rest into revolution 🌈🌵🌙
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