Fill your own cup first, lean back. - Many Moons 2020 Lunar Planner (Modern Women)
I have been working through some big changes in my professional, creative, and personal life over the last year and a half, which has meant releasing my hold in relationship to jobs, belief systems, and people. WOW, it sounds so much heavier when I read that work back to myself. This IS big work, and over and over again it has been a radical shift to trust that walking away was/is the right thing to do for my own growth and well being.
Shedding past versions of myself, and welcoming new energies and identities, continues to reflect well within and without as I carry on...even if the changes taking place are accompanied by waves of pain and discomfort. The pain and discomfort are REAL and GREAT, but so is the reward and the freedom to reimagine life anew.
Last week, and the week prior to that if I am accounting more honestly, I felt so utterly under-resourced and struggling to sip from a cup that felt very nearly empty. Only a few kinda dusty drops left. Ugh. That was pretty much my favorite word of choice during this time period. UGH, I was so thirsty, so parched for my own rest and replenishment.
I realized, after some restful distance and time beginning to replenish on my own and with friends, that in order to be fortified and nourished for the new path I have set, I need to fill my own cup first. This week that looks like devoting my time to designing my first zines for two tea blending workshops that I am facilitating later this month, taking more runs in my neighborhood, enjoying more baths, writing, planning, divining, drinking tea, and making this a brief blog post so that I can get right into all the earlier items on this list.
I plan to have more rich and nourishing material to share with you all next Sunday.
In this moment, it is time for me to go fill my own cup.
Please make the time to fill yours as well.