Emotional Labor Pains...

Photo by John Ulman

The joy is inside of us. We are all constantly looking for something outside of us to make us happy, but the true joy is really deep within. We know this, but we forget. I find it in silence, in stillness, in time with myself and creating space for truth. I can feel the ease, I can feel the dysfunction, I can feel what needs to be changed, moved or healed. I know life is busy. So much distraction, so much outward movement, but now is the time to go within. Be loving, but focus on what self is being, doing, and having. In the light of the letting go of many things I was hit with what felt like emotional labor pains. The kind of emotions that swell up so strongly you are not even sure what to do with them but watch them and listen. They have messages if you hear them, lessons if you listen, truths if you can speak from them. I had unexpressed anger that needed to get out, and the process of it coming up felt like emotional contractions, and all I could do was sit and breath through. I was not afraid anymore to speak my truth, I realized that is all that I had, and all that I valued. And, after the labor pains subsided, a new and even deeper joy was born. There is a lot going on in the world right now, politically, communally, socially, and it cant help but touch us all personally. The emotions free us, not trap us, and the truths heal us, and all we can do is be present with authenticity to go within to heal without. Then we can take action in our homes, community, business, nation, and planet from there, but don't be afraid of a few emotional labor pains in the process - you're birthing your greatest joy from within.