from reaction to response

Ultimately, our life transforms when we create enough space between what is happening outside of ourselves and how we choose to respond.

The beauty of this practice is this:

As we mine for the gold something occurs within us.

We alchemize dark parts of ourselves, the things we put in shadow and transform them into light.

With each and every choice we make to sit with the part of us that is coming up to be seen and heard, we become lighter and lighter and lighter.

No longer are we choosing to react from our history. Re-act. To act again.

We no choose to respond.

That space between stimulus and response is where our greatest power lies.

Whether it's our child who does something that triggers us or our life feels chaotic and everything is going on at once, before we actually act- whether in words, energy or action - there is space for us to choose differently.

This space is what we are learning to cultivate as we let go of what no longer serves us and make room for that which is meant to be ours.

As we stop reacting from our history, we stop handing down our fears to our children.

We create space for them to be their true selves.