Self-Care
Self-care needs to be constant. I seem to be repeatedly asked to make my well-being a priority.
What if this is because I don’t know what true self-care is?
Defining self-care, changes. It’s not that I don’t believe in the need. It’s more of a problem that I don’t really know what it looks like, for me, in any given moment. Being full and being bloated can feel the same.
Where can I look?
First, breathe. Look within you to find the answer in each moment the question is asked. The answer is not always the same. Then, look to nature. There is no imperfection in creation. How do the birds and bees take care of themselves? What do frogs do? No singular organism lives in isolation. Have others fill in where you need help. There is no shame in asking for help. Each ant in a colony has a job. One is no better than the other. They must all do their “jobs” for the whole of existence to thrive.
Learn to care for yourself as nature does. Sometimes branches fall and break. Growth is not always consistent and straight. Winds blow. Droughts happen. Dormancy does not mean death. Fires destroy but does not mean death.
Fire removes low-growing underbrush, cleans the forest floor of debris, opens it up to sunlight, and nourishes the soil. Reducing this competition for nutrients allows established trees to grow stronger and healthier.
Stop, drop, and roll?
Feel the fire. Let the fires inside guide you.
Stop. Breathe.
Drop down into your body.
Roll with the information you are given in the moment to best care for yourself.
*https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/5425/benifitsoffire.pdf
