Hold On

This month’s musing is a powerful and deeply personal reflection on what it means to survive and to heal. Not all at once, and not always gracefully, but with as much courage and honesty that one can muster during a trying time. It is a reminder of the strength that lives in the body, the breath, and the decision to keep going.

Transcript

Hold on.

Hold on for 10 seconds.

10,

Take a deep breath.

9,

Feel your feet.

8,

Plant firmly into the ground.

7,

What are your hands doing?

6,

Rub your fingers together.

5,

Relax your body.

4,

Sway gently side to side.

3,

Focus your eyes.

2,

Soften your jaw.

1,

Take a slow breath.

Hold on.

Hold on for a million beautiful reasons unknown to you yet.

For wisdom,

For grace,

For faith.

Hold on for 10 breaths.

Inhaling for 5,

4,

3,

2,

1.

Exhaling for 5,

4,

3,

2,

1.

Hold on to the reason why you chose not to wither or cower.

Your body,

Your voice,

Your rights,

Your zest for life.

Keep breathing.

Inhale deeply,

Exhale slowly.

Fill your whole body with your breath and keep holding on.

Hold on to pieces of it at a time.

Hold on to the thread that we've surrendered into resilience.

Hold on to hope.

Hold on to your heart.

On to love.

On to you.

Because you are so worth holding.

So hold on to you and breathe.