Lately, I’ve been sitting with something that’s been quietly shifting how I see myself…

For most of my life, I’ve been very good at pushing through.

In medicine, that was the expectation.
Keep going.
Override your body.
Ignore the noise.

And honestly… I got really good at it.

I’ve been sitting with something that came up during our last Village gathering…

We talked about parts of us.
The ones that show up when we’re triggered.
The ones we often try to quiet, push away, or override.

Our last Village Gathering felt different.

The world outside hasn’t slowed down.
Life is still full, fast, and sometimes overwhelming.

But inside the room, something shifted.

We began the session by acknowledging something simple and honest:

We cannot live in fight or flight forever.

Two weeks ago I wrote to you about something I’m still learning how to do well:

Pause.

After getting sick for most of January, my body forced a kind of reset I hadn’t planned for. It slowed everything down in ways I resisted at first.

But something else has been unfolding since then.

Not just rest.

Perspective.

Lately, I’ve felt the weight of the world more deeply than usual.

Grief.
Fear.
Despair.
A quiet hopelessness I couldn’t quite name.

And then I stumbled upon this Hopi prophecy, and something in me cracked open.

“This could be a good time!”

Those words stopped me.

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