Lessons I keep
Holding on to these learnings as I move forward in life.
As I forget myself during motherhood, I am trying to anchor on a few lessons I have learnt along the way, that I am scared to forget.
One.
Boundaries are important to thrive in relationships. There are things I have allowed, that I won’t allow anymore. Not for me, not for my son. Boundaries make space for us to become.
Two.
It’s okay to hold and be with feelings. I can allow whatever portion of them in, as much as feels right, and for a time that I find right. I can choose to have it there and not open it up. I can be in hard feelings without it being a threat to my body and mind. I can handle it. I can breathe through it.
Three.
Problems and worries don’t need to live in me. They can be written down and picked up later. Sometimes, what I thought was a problem or worried, ended up being forgotten on a page.
Four.
Love is no excuse for disrespect or overstepping boundaries. Love is being someone’s safe harbour, not a critic.
Five.
Continue to accept what comes. I remind myself that when challenges come along, I can choose when and how to deal with them. And what comes can be good too, it’s not only challenging or bad that comes along.
I would love to hear your anchor too.