THE RETURN OF TRUST
Why so many beautiful souls are exhausted from carrying life alone
Beautiful Soul,
How are you? Really...
How is your body? How is your heart? How is that beautiful nervous system of yours?
Are you tapping into this a little too...? A deep exhaustion.
Not simply physical exhaustion. Not the kind that disappears after a weekend off. A deeper weariness. As though something within us is growing tired of carrying life the way we've always carried it. Not yet fully attuned with the how otherwise....?
And the more I sit with this... The more I wonder if exhaustion isn't the problem at all. What if exhaustion is simply the moment the old way can no longer continue?
Because if we're honest...
Many of us have been carrying far more than our share...
Not just responsibilities, work, family life...
We've been carrying life itself -> Holding everything together -> Managing every outcome -> Preparing for every possibility... Trying to ensure nothing goes wrong.
Anticipating disappointment before it arrives. Bracing for impact before anything has even happened.
Always thinking.
Always planning.
Always holding.
Always carrying.
And after a while... We forget we're doing it. It simply becomes normal.
Normal to worry.
Normal to overthink.
Normal to stay vigilant.
Normal to carry everything ourselves.
Normal to feel that if we stop holding it all together... everything might fall apart.
This exhaustion isn't merely the result of doing too much. It's what happens when we try to do all this "life" without trust.
