YOU ARE LOVED, DEARLY LOVED, JUST BY BEING HERE.
I hope you can find spaces where you don’t feel like you have to perform.
I hope you realize that even certain people only seem to tune in when you are doing well, you are free to explore who you might be, beneath the layers, when you are not doing anything...who you might be, just by being, being here, as a human being, with a beautiful, living soul, knowing no matter what you achieve you are loved.
You are whole.
And I know it might not always feel that way when others seem to only pay attention to when you are showing up with visible strength, or when you’ve reached some milestone or accomplishment, but in that quiet place in your heart, this remains true: you are loved, dearly loved, just by being here.
And if this is hard to believe: consider the life of the nearest tree. That tree has been standing there for years, growing slowly day by day. This tree has not traveled anywhere and has spent many days where people zoom by in all of their busyness, never noticing the trees’ growth. And yet, this tree has purpose. And yet, just by being there, this tree provides so much to the planet, whether we as humans acknowledge it or not.
Oh what a gift it would be if we could acknowledge the value of trees, and also, the value of one another…if we could learn to trust that beyond our daily tasks and responsibilities, we each have a place, just by being here. Other trees may grow taller or faster around us, but each of us has a place. We will not be overshadowed if someone else takes the spotlight. We will not be worthless if we don’t grow like we did last year. Every day, we matter (in ways that we can’t always see), just by being here.
Word of the day: Be (v): exist. (Oxford Languages)
Affirmation: “I give myself permission to take this moment to simply be.”
Journal: How are you resting today? (It’s okay if this journal entry is just a word or two!)
More in this week's series called "Shine On, Anyway", only with a subscription in the Storyteller App.
Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols
