YOU ARE * LOVE They say life is 10% what happens to us and 9..
Added 2025-06-05 11:45:06 +0000 UTCYOU ARE * LOVE They say life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond. I used to hear that and nod absentmindedl “duh, of course.” But my days told a different story.I was a squirrel.Running from place to place.Nipping at snacks.Darting from stimulation to distraction.Playing with myself mentally, emotionally, physically—whenever I could sneak in the time.And I wasn’t really living—I was reacting.Then one day, in the midst of my usual busy blur, something inside me paused. Not for long. Just enough to whisper:“Sooo… maybe go inward…?”I did.And the onward.What I found inside wasn’t all peace and quiet. It was noisy. Anxious. Self-doubting. There were stories in there, running loops. Old ones. Telling me I wasn’t doing enough, wasn’t being enough. That I had to keep running to be safe.But the beautiful thing about pausing is: you start to notice.And noticing is power.I began noticing my imbalance early before it turned into burnout.I noticed my anxiety creeping in and gave it breath instead of suppression.I watched how my habits fed the stories I didn’t want to live anymore.And slowly, I started doing the most loving thing I could do for myself:I changed.Small changes. Small pleasures.I shifted my sleep schedule so my mind could rest.I chose movement that brought joy, not punishment.I made space for silence.I took care of my skin, my body, my breath not because it was a routine, but because it was me loving me.And this? This is the real pleasure.Learning how to be with myself.Trusting my rhythms.Tuning into my own harmony.So yes, I love to pleasure myself deeply, fully, intentionally.Not in fleeting ways, but in ways that restore me.Life still happens.But now I respond 90% strong, 90% present, 90% me.And I’d take that over squirrel-scurrying any day.
