Burnout might be the greatest source of soul searching, after its draining touch.
Stressful living, soul numbing repetition of unrewarding patterns, huge grief for lost loved ones, these can leave us searching for replenishment.
Finding our own energy again can be a challenging journey. We might wonder what can return us to the zest we used to experience. I myself recently spent four hours in bed, clenching in a determined and unsuccessful effort to find relaxation. However did I miss it!? Yet a breathwork session with a professional brought back to me all the beauty of embracing the my richness.
I think the most important thing to realize is, we still have all the things we are missing. They naturally exist within us and we can rediscover them easily when we remember- “Hey, I’m good at creating this!”
We can be proud of who we are! We can rediscover our gifts when we tell ourselves that those things are important to us and we value them.
A sadness, like grief, can wipe our energy slate clean. It’s like a journey into darkness, where suddenly nothing makes sense. All our previous joys seem meaningless and we wonder who we are anymore.
All our truth is waiting for us. Even in the thick of the sadness, our gifts are idle inside, waiting for us to remember them. When we decide it’s time for the journey of darkness to end, suddenly there is a quiet in the times all our joy used to reside. We can occupy that space easily when we remember to value all the things we have been and can be again.
The heart is a muscle. We can play a game like a machine, thinking ceaselessly about other things, or make the effort to reconnect with the heart. To realize we switch on our heart or switch it off is prodigious- we drop into it’s wisdom and riches or we leave it for safer grounds.
So if you’re missing magical you, or wishing you could rediscover joys lost, it’s ok to drop into your heart and say hello. It’s worth it to remember, all you love about yourself is still there, and it’s just as excited to be reborn in your happy moments as you are!