11/1/2023
Don't play dumb to make someone else feel smart-that's manipulation. Love doesn't manipulate, love doesn't shame,love doesn't even have to be reciprocated to be kind. Love isn't a doormat to walk on others or to be walked upon. Love is kind,exceedingly kind.
If you get that right, many other areas of your life will unfold into place. It won't be overnight, but you'll see it and feel it.
In our day to day, especially when we feel the busyness of daily life, it's easy to feel pressured.
Pressures of to do lists, meals to prepare, sippy cups to fill, spills to wipe. We pour over our people until our own cups feel dry.
And in those moments of tired, we can revert to feelings of empty. And this is where it happens, weary digs deep and our feelings try to get the final say.
Yes, we love our people, but our mouths stop speaking life to them. Yes, we adore our wild blessings, but we start parenting from our feelings instead.
Love, if given the chance to sit at your table, would say this...love remains kind, immensely kind. You get that right and many other things will unfold unforced into place. And kindness to yourself? It may be the smartest thing you do today.
