Lemons & Sugar

Hey there. How’s your breath? Is it shallow? Uneven? Can you find more fullness and depth? Inhale. Exhale. Welcome to a Hit of Hope. I remember seeing a video one time where someone gave a toddler a lemon to eat. The toddler— trusting, expectant—clumsily grabbed the lemon, and immediately put it in her mouth. Why wouldn’t she? It was being offered to her by someone she loved, someone she trusted. Inhale. Exhale. The toddler’s first reaction was to do what we all do when we taste something sour.

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I have these super sharp nails that can be called talons by now. They can cut through human skin if I try, really hard, and it’s rare but happened more that once- and here’s the point- I use them a LOT. I scratch at soft surfaces to relieve them. They’re not very long, honestly, but I’ve scratched myself multiple and one other human being once, so much so he has a literal SCRATCH that a scab formed over (I apologized we’re cool now), and often scratch myself, I need to stop with this tho, I can actually harm myself. They are like little daggers but rounder. Anyways I need to show more love for myself. (Btw shoutout to Tayden for uhhh… not dying on my behalf? And totally being cool? I apologized a lot, I was so scared of myself)

-blackout

Such a rich offering. Yes I can give myself lemons. Thank you for the reminder to seek out the sweet. Thank you for all that you do.

Lemons will challenge me to mske my day sweeter..
Thx as always doll!

I remember that look of betrayal on the toddler's face when she tasted that lemon. I've felt that sting, that utter disappointment, myself.
But, who hasn't? Should I never trust again? Was it me? What did I do to inspire such betrayal?

Eventually, I did what you suggest; I wrote 'love letters' to myself. I meditated on nothing more than my own worthiness. I let myself accept that I had been a true hero.

Now, a new home 2000 miles from the old. A new job that is almost exactly what I would have described as my dream job.
A new love whose honesty and empathy and history are such a match for my own...

I still taste the lemons, but I have a teaspoon of sugar right here.

Namaste.

Short yet impactful. Just the reminder most of us need from time to time.
Thank you🤩