Today, know that your deep desires are guideposts, way markers to a full, satisfying, whole-feeling life. Practice asking yourself what you want - and then what you want under the want - and then under that. Practice noticing what you want and honoring it, even with a very small, modest action. A rest. Time with people you love. Movement. Creative expression.
So many of us hide our deepest longings from ourselves - maybe because others or life experience has taught us that our needs aren't important, that self-sacrifice is the highest virtue, that it isn't safe to admit out most sincere desire because disappointment is inevitable and we must protect ourselves from it.
Today, know that your deep desires are guideposts, way markers to a full, satisfying, whole-feeling life. Practice asking yourself what you want - and then what you want under the want - and then under that. Practice noticing what you want and honoring it, even with a very small, modest action. A rest. Time with people you love. Movement. Creative expression.
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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