Joelle Kelly Learn

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Do not be afraid to stop and feel
For in your teardrops
Pearls of wisdom are being created.

Amen 💚

VULNERABILITY

Ah… an idea that feels about as comfortable as putting on an itchy wool sweater on a hot day!

Why even go there!

Question: Why do we open ourselves, our hearts, to others?

CONS: Uncertainty, the risk of exposure, possible feelings of unworthiness, of being undeserving of love, rejection; such a Pandora’s box of ‘fun’ when we leave our comfort zone.

PROS: Courage, Connections, Support, Friendship, Personal Growth … and most importantly, Validation, Gratitude and LOVE.

Answer: Because the PROS outweigh the CONS.

So …

If we are willing to offer love and support to those who dare to open their hearts to us, why don’t we whisper the same encouragement to our selves?

Why don’t we wrap our arms around our pains, soothe our fears, celebrate our successes and remind our selves that we are deserving of all we achieve?

When did we forget to BE in LOVE with us?
Intimacy and Love begin at home, in our bodies and minds

What is something you can do to show your self some of that love?

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MONDAY

This week leading into V-Day can be triggering no matter your relationship status.

Let’s turn it on its ear and start with the most important partnership of all, the one we have with ourselves.

SELF LOVE shouldn’t be hard, yet it is.

BE your own valentine this week.

Baby steps. Bigger steps. No matter.

Try, try … maybe fail, maybe succeed. Repeat.

There are no winners and losers if we step up for ourselves with ease and love.

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🌳🌎 Earth Day 🌎🌳

We are all trees.

The Earth teaches us to dig deep and ground our roots strong.

The Water teaches us to nourish ourselves in purity and glorious mystery.

The Light leads us to bend as the Wind teaches us that we become stable and strong through pressure.

We are all trees.

Happy Earth Day 💚

It’s good to leave each day behind,
like flowing water,
free of sadness.

Yesterday is gone and its tale told.

Today new seeds are growing.

Rumi

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It is not essential what makes you smile; it is only crucial that you find many things to make you smile.

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I sometimes forget that
I was created for joy

My mind is too busy
My heart is too heavy

Heavy for me to remember
that I have been called to dance
the sacred dance for life

I was created to smile
To love
To be lifted up
And lift others up

Oh sacred one
Untangle my feet
From all that ensnares

Free my soul
That we might dance

And that our dancing
Might be contagious.

~ Hafiz

It is a paradox that we encounter so much internal noise when we first sit in silence.

It is a paradox that experiencing pain releases pain.

It is a paradox that keeping still can lead us so fully into life and being.

Our lives do not like paradoxes.
We want things to be clear, so we can maintain our illusions of safety.

Yet … certainty breeds tremendous smugness.

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STILLNESS

When we sit in stillness we are profoundly active.

Keeping silent, we can hear the roar of existence.

Through our willingness to be the one we are,

We become one with everything.