How is everyone today? What are you doing for yourself today to show self love, self care and gratitude? I’m about to get a reiki session from one of my closest friends and I’m super excited! 💜💜💜

This is a painting I did of the sun setting over the Oregon coast. It's a Christmas gift for my mom. She grew up in Oregon and we all spent our summers up there growing up. It has always been a magical place for me. The forests, the ocean, the misty atmosphere, the seafood. A far cry from the desert where I live now. When I think about being there, on that beach, watching that sunset - I am experiencing all those things now, in the present moment. When I think about going to work tomorrow and the things I have to do, that is happening now, not tomorrow. The only experience we can ever have is now. All thoughts, emotions, feelings, being itself, happens now. Now is eternal.

I will be travelling to the UK by ferry from Rotterdam on the 6th of January. If anyone lives near by I would be happy to meet for a coffee on the day of my departures. Would be nice to meet someone face to face. Just an idea :)

Hi! First of all I'm really grateful to be a part of this community! Thank you all for being here! I have an interesting experience and I'm curious if anyone else goes through this. When I start working on my emotions, past traumas, I often experience that despite of the huge revelations and insights of my inner godly being, it sometimes gets me to a point where I get overwhelmed by very strong emotions. At that point I feel like they become stronger than me and I can't really get back to clear thinking. I often even realize that I can not really accept them, I'm automatically fighting it which makes it really exhausting. It is weird because I know what I "should" do but sometimes I can't seem to. These concerns usually are related to health anxiety (most of the time I feel really tired and sick, have trouble sleeping and it feels scary). I found out that this derives from my troubled childhood - I have never experienced safety, I had to constantly be in alert mode - so first and foremost I tried communicating with that inner child, comforting him, but it kinda does not feel honest, since I could not yet integrate this peace I've found within fully in my life. Changing my whole identity feels hard right now. Any thoughts/advices on this? Thank you in advance, godbless❤️