Fear as information....
When fear is a request to listen.
Fear often shows up when I slow down.
Not necessarily because something is wrong…
usually because stillness creates space for for ALL of my thoughts to come rushing to the forefront.
In the pause, my attention shifts to the corners and cracks that I can swiftly move past when in the hustle and bustle.
(Perhaps that is also why I prefer to stay busy.)
So as the winter calls for me to slow down (Whether it is an external winter or an internal “wintering”)…. and my body and brain feel the need for hibernation, for the pause to deepen and stillness to set in.
And I don’t get to choose to only integrate the joys or the comfort.
I must also take those uncomfortable bits, the fears and the challenge, and allow them a place in my story.
