<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Lovely. Just right.🦋</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 18, 2024, at 8:15 AM, Taylor Slevin via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">RESISTANCE <div><br></div><div>There it is again. </div><div><br></div><div>That old familiar feeling. </div><div><br></div><div>That tightness in the gut. The closing off, shutting down, shrinking like a sea anemone. </div><div>The slow burning, trying to control the uncontrollable. Anxiety rising, frustration broiling, anger at “what is”</div><div><br></div><div>“Why me?” “I can’t do this anymore!”</div><div>“When will this end?”</div><div><br></div><div>Spiraling down the black rabbit hole I go, screeching the brakes of resistance. Nooooooo </div><div><br></div><div>Then, skidding to a STOP , </div><div>A light flickers. </div><div><br></div><div>I am the one creating my suffering by resisting “what is”. If I am the creator, I am also the destroyer and re-creator. </div><div>Recreator, recreation. En-lighten up. </div><div><br></div><div>Deep breath in….</div><div>Deep breath out….</div><div><br></div><div>Breathing in I open and allow. </div><div>Breathing out I rest in the hammock</div><div>of the Divine with ease. </div><div><br></div><div>I surrender, trust, receive. </div><div><br></div><div>Deep breath in……</div><div>Deep breath out…..</div><div><br></div><div>I stretch and open like the swan receiving the warm rays of the morning sun. </div><div><br></div><div>I open my heart, saying a wide “YES”</div><div>to the Universe. </div><div><br></div><div>“This is how it is right now. “</div><div><br></div><div>Acceptance, letting go, allowing. </div><div><br></div><div>“It all belongs. “</div><div><br></div><div>I turn my face toward the light of Grace and smile. </div><div><br></div><div>I come home to myself, rooted in the Divine, I shine, knowing I Am. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large">🙏✨</span><br></div><div><font size="-apple-system-body">Taylor </font></div><div><font size="-apple-system-body"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large"><br></span></div><div><font size="7"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"></font><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress mailing list</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</span><br><span>https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>