Ah,
You've been trying to force a Tony Robbins-level transformation,
And all you've gotten for your trouble is a case of the blues and some blisters.
Ah,
You're feeling hopeless.
Join the club.
We've all had those moments where the plane doesn't land.
The plans fall through.
You're just sitting there with a beer and some lentils watching cricket.
Wondering where your life went.
That's not a tragedy.
It's just life.
You're not failing at your life goals.
You're just having a human experience.
In the Tibetan tradition,
They don't run from hopelessness.
They turned faces.
It isn't a wall.
It's just a mood and moods.
They're like the weather in the Himalayas.
You don't like it.
Just wait five minutes and it'll change.
You think you need to keep climbing because you're supposed to?
Who said?
The inner drill sergeant?
Sack him.
1.
Imagine that heavy backpack of shoulds and musts.
Take her off.
Literally visualize yourself dropping it on the floor.
Too.
The body scan.
Are your thighs on fire?
Are your toes taped up?
Is that just physical fatigue,
Not a character flaw?
Let your body sag into the chair.
You don't have to be a ballerina on point right now.
Remember that time you finally let someone help you?
That wasn't weakness.
That was common sense.
Your own inner compassion is your Sherpa now.
I don't carry the heavy stuff.
Your depression isn't you.
It's a lens you've been looking through.
If you're looking at a mountain from one side,
It looks impossible.
If you walk around.
There's a path.
Your hopelessness is just a narrow view.
Put your hands on your heart.
Seriously,
Do it.
Feel that?
That's your heartbeat.
It's working perfectly fine.
Even when your head is telling you the world is ending.
That warmth in your path.
Is the only healing you actually need.
You are perfect.
Even when you're a complete meh.
You don't need a helicopter out of this.
You just need to stop struggling against the climb.
The view from the bottom is actually quite nice.
Once you stop trying to summit the bloody thing.
When you're ready.
Wriggle those fingers and toes.
You're not finished.
You're just taking a breather.
And that's exactly where you're supposed to be.
