21/07/2026
Inside me, my healing flows unconditionally.
My body is my temple.
My presence is my medicine.
My temperance is my saviour.
In stillness, I find strength.
In acceptance, I find peace.
In myself, I find the healing I have been seeking.
(I don't know who needs this little reminder)
When you throw a stone into stagnant water, the water doesn't become clearer it becomes murky.
At first, all the sediment rises to the surface. You can't see the bottom, and you can't clearly see the ripples you've created.
Only when the water is given time to settle does the clarity return.
Then you can see not only the bottom... but also the ripples reaching far beyond where the stone first entered the water.
Healing is often like that.
When we begin disturbing old wounds, family patterns, or long held beliefs, life can feel messier before it feels clearer.
But if we have the courage to be still and allow the water to settle, we begin to see what has truly changed.
Sometimes clarity doesn't come from doing more. It comes from giving ourselves permission to let the waters settle.
Our emotions are much like that body of water.
When life throws an obstacle or suffering into our path, everything is stirred up. We can no longer see clearly because the pain, fear, anger, grief, or uncertainty rises to the surface.
It takes courage to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Our instinct is often to escape the feeling, distract ourselves, or force it away. But healing rarely happens in the running.
It happens in the stillness.
When we allow ourselves to be present with our emotions without judging them, without fighting them we give the water time to settle.
And as it settles, something remarkable happens.
We begin to see what has truly changed.
We realise the stone, the murky, the cloudy, ripples... what at first unsettled us wasn't there to drown us... rather is was cleansing and clearing things first... it was there to reveal what had been hidden beneath the surface all along.
Sometimes the greatest transformation doesn't happen in the disturbance. It happens in the stillness that follows.