Walking gently into 2021. The birth process comes to mind. Great life-changing events accompanied by deep breaths through painful moments of slow progression. When something new is born (or a traumatic injury occurs) it takes great effort & requires that we acknowledge the recovery process. 2020 was, well, unprecedented. And I have wondered for some time what the “after” will look like. Will society expect to “bounce back” immediately to our glamorous pre-2020 selves, or will we be forced to reckon with the soft, stretched, sore, exhausted, but new version of ourselves we have made? Like birth, I’m sure the process will be unique for everyone. But I hope we walk gently and offer grace & help as needed. That we accept grace & help as needed. Especially for ourselves. 💛
