What's Perking Today...

On this beautiful, steamy, extra hot summer solstice of a Sunday, I'm pausing and reflecting. So much sadness, loss, and shifts, seeminly every way we turn. Emotions are truly rollercoastering around in our hearts, minds, and spirit-persons. Reflections, questions, and self-therapy are woven into God's tender nudge to release...

In that release, I'm thinking about a recent conversation when someone uttered simple words that land as enormity today, as I reflect. The words? "Well, it's not about what you feel. It's not about you." Wow, for me, sometimes it's not about what I feel for 100% sure. But for some, like me, who spent so much of their life living the premise of those statements, putting their feelings or perspective on the backburner, we're exhausted by that! I, now (thank God!), have a mindset of freedom---freedom to know that it's okay to feel. It's okay to not be okay!! There's value, emotional and spiritual growth in recognizing that our feelings--what we feel, how we feel, when we feel--- aren’t an immediate toss out. What we do with those feelings is what requires management. Procesing and praying, praying and processing, asking God to "help me with what I'm feeling right now" is my mode of operation.

So, pretending that our feelings don't matter or that we shouldn't have them seems not fair to the ones carrying them---us. In this season of growth, I choose to not ignore but to process resulting emotions with intentionality...which includes intimate conversations with The Father. I am so good with that for me! 🙌🏾 Maybe, just maybe, take moments to be okay with having what's ours---our very own feelings. Give ourselves permission to feel and be accountable for how we respond to our assortment of ....f-e-e-l-i-n-g-s. 🙏🏽 That's how I feel about that...😘

Peace & Blessings,

Lisa C-S