Hey there.
So I'm not gonna lie,
Sometimes life is hard.
It's more hammer,
Or cliff,
Or Leviathan,
Or thorn,
Or wilderness.
All of that tangle and struggle.
And when that happens,
We have all kinds of choices to make.
And I would invite you to outlast.
What do I mean?
Well,
Find your center.
That might be hard.
Life might feel so overwhelming.
But take a moment,
Take a deep breath in,
And let it all go.
Soften in your jaw,
Your shoulders.
Feel the center of your being.
And once you've dropped into that center,
Trust.
Trust that you can outlast whatever is currently happening.
Because nothing happens forever.
Everything ends.
And so if we can think,
If I can just outlast this moment,
Who knows what's next?
Breathe.
Drop into your center.
Outlast the restlessness.
Outlast the despair.
Outlast the grief.
Valleys end.
Storms end.
Darkness ends.
Wait.
Wait through the pain,
The fear,
The grief.
Wait through this breath,
Then this one.
Wait through the unknowing.
And do that by dropping inside.
Sometimes the present requires us to persevere and persist and outlast.
So breathe.
Stay.
Stay centered and still.
Breathe.
You are okay.
You will outlast this.
Breathe.
Wait.
Center.
Live light and shine.
