Life feels heavy…

I can’t tell if it is my own heaviness or the heaviness of the world around me.

My chest is tight and gets tighter when I think of it.

My stomach is aching.

My shoulders our more slouched than normal.

I keep trying to catch my breath, but I just end up holding it.

The energy within me and around me is heavy.

These are heavy times.

These are unknown times.

But we will get through it. I hope.

We will see the light at the end of the tunnel some day.

For now, I will just try to breathe and with every breath I take, I will remind myself that I can get through this. We can get through this.

Maybe it’s the uncomfortable layer of skin I am trying to shed to move into the next steps as a new person.

Letting go of all the shoulds and coulds and instead stepping into my true wants and needs.

Stepping into the light as the next version of myself.

Stepping into me.