Breathe.Gratitude.Love.

Life repeatedly leads us to people, places or circumstances significant to our individual story line.  We attract the same romantic partner in a different body over and over again.  Or perhaps our new job quickly turns into more of the job we just left.  It can feel like being sucked back into a vortex of unpleasant familiarity, leaving us to question why we keep returning to the same place again and again. 

When we recognize ourselves as the common denominator of these patterns, we invite the opportunity to experience a meaningful shift.  The shift happens when we release control over external circumstances and become still.  

The stillness can mean refraining from new relationships indefinitely and choosing to fall in love with ourselves first.  It can mean taking a break from working altogether and allowing who we really are to come forward.  These are indeed challenging concepts to consider.  The uncertainty of living without a romantic partner or releasing dependence on work-generated income is daunting.   But for many of us, there comes a time when we are too exhausted to keep moving in the same non-progressive circles.  Our energy becomes depleted and we are forced to rest in a still spot, regardless of external circumstances.  

Maybe you have been here before, in a place where you were forced to take a break from the pressures to keep moving.  But this time you decide to challenge the patterns that keep you stuck in a loop of disappointment with silence and stillness.  You challenge the belief that you must keep jumping, moving, figuring and striving just to be who you really are.

You begin to wonder what it would feel like to just be okay.  You wonder how it would feel to be valuable to yourself even when no-one else sees your value.  What would it feel like to be filled with self-love and acceptance?  How would it feel to be holistically sustained as you focus on becoming more of who you truly are?  What if this time, you just stood still, trusted and listened?

Our inner wisdom knows when we are lost.  

It respects our freedom to seek external answers, to move around in the same circles expecting different people and circumstances to show up.  It continues to whisper knowledge into our spirit and obliges when we decline to listen.  It never loses sight of our movements and it continues to follow us on our misguided path until we are ready to release control and be found.

When we are ready to be found, the wisdom needed to do so is right where we are.  We prepare for the shift by building trust in what we believe to be true of ourselves and our lives.  We remember the times that we were found in the past as evidence of its inevitability.  We engage the present moment and allow it to reveal its grace throughout our lifetime.  We savor every drop of joy, we laugh, build connections and create the things that only we can.  

Soon we become immersed in the present and recognize it as the life that we truly desire.

It is released.

Copyright Madeline A. Cameron March, 2025