Sitting with it

When darkness comes, we sometimes face a difficult balancing act: honoring our feelings without letting them overwhelm us.

Because some situations are challenging. They’d be difficult to carry even if they were the only thing we had to manage — and they’re not.

So perhaps a different metaphor is useful.

Instead of carrying the burden, we set it down.

We don’t run from it.
We don’t ignore it.

We acknowledge it.

And for a while,
we simply sit beside it.