22/04/2025
What is holding you back is what you are holding onto.
~ Zen teaching.
I came across this saying recently and it moved me deeply. And in my experience this is so accurate. I often witness this notion of stuckness and facing an oftentimes huuuge block in my work, in the people in my life and also in myself. There are these moments that feel like a brick wall that we can't get past or this steep mountain we cannot reach the top of.
Oftentimes this is us clinging quite desperately onto a part and version of us we have now outgrown, but we are not wholly ready to let go of, yet. Because what we know can feel much more safe, even if it has become more limiting than freeing. Change can be hard, feeling and inspiring all at once and there is no one fits all recipe to get through it. If you are reading this and it resonates, let this be your reminder that you have got this and that outgrowing past versions of self is a natural and necessary process in life and it often feels worse before it feels better. When in doubt, the Earth is pur greatest guide. She changes without any rush and hestitation, but still achieves everything 💫💛