As I write it is a drizzly spring day. I am appreciating every drop of rain as a blessing to our drought burdened earth and as a cozy backdrop for settling into gentle reflections on life and passing time.
I hope you enjoy-
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I'm having some shoulder pain from repetitive overuse. Repetitive strain is an old story for me going way back to my esthetician days. It is not that I don't know the signs or what to do, it is that I don't want to change my ways to allow healing to happen. Things like less scrolling, better posture, more breaks. After all, I tell myself, it is just a tiny bit of pain and will go away, all the while
knowing full well it will not unless I tend to it.
So as I do what I know to do (please, no suggestions or recommendations for treatment, like I said this is not my first go around with this type of thing), I am also looking at how self-betrayal so often happens in subtle and slippery ways, but will always catch up with you.
And guess what? After just few days of the self kindness of gentle tending, things are feeling better. Not great yet, but better. Stay the course I tell myself. Do not act as if you no longer need healing attention. Repetitive injury, like self-betrayal needs consistent care to mend, not quick fixes.
2.
I spent time catching up with a friend I had not been in touch with for a long time. I was so deeply nourishing and reminded me of something I wrote awhile ago, originally shared with Patreon.
