Pregnant Barefoot and Robbed!
I was walking along the beach the other day, and I felt so connected. I felt silent in my mind; nothing was rolling around. I felt empty The sun, the breeze, the ocean, the sand under my feet I felt empty in the best way Not empty like something is missing. Empty like I wasn’t full of thoughts or needs, just full in the emptiness. Just present in that very moment. In that next moment that followed, I noticed I was filled with appreciation. I also had a brief thought of how far I have come to even reach this moment of emptiness and a deep appreciation of where my life is now. Then… I came back to where I’d left my things. My shoes were gone, someone had stolen them!!!! What shocked me wasn’t even the fact that they had been stolen… It was how FAST I fell out of my practice. How quickly I snapped out of presence and into reaction. I could literally feel my system shift. The mind took over. The stories came online. Who would do that? People are so selfish. What the F#@! I can’t believe this. I noticed something. The ego doesn’t actually want peace. It wants control. So the moment something unexpected happens, it grabs the steering wheel and says I’ll take it from here. And honestly, I watched it do just that! I felt myself start to spiral for a second, my mind got so so VERY busy, I EVEN MADE EXCUSES for my mind like well I’m hormonal and pregnant, this isn’t fair, how could this happen, why me?!?! I would like to tell you, I caught all of this in the moment ……I didn’t, I was off and away in my mind, judging! It wasn’t until later that night, I was crying in bed, I thought Okay. What is actually here for me to feel right now? Not explain. Not make sense of. Not blame. Not build a story. Just feel. In that moment I realised I felt sad, and taken advantage, in judgment of how people in the world show up for me, I also realised I had some things worries and frustration still sitting there with my finances. I cried for about 10 mins - like howled REALLY HOWLED