Like the lotus in the mud

I feel tired. Not only physically. Emotionally. I feel like crying. This situation of mine, the dying around, the denial, the violence. It makes me feel like being in a never ending spiral in which I am trapped, we all are.

I feel like shit. I feel heavy.

Part of me knows however that this feeling shall pass too. I might not hear the voice of hope right now but I know it is there. I need to provide space to my sadness, despair, hopelessness. Guilt. Fatigue. Resignation.

Once I heard, felt and embraced all of these parts of mine, then will hope emerge again. Like the lotus in the mud.

(picture provided by pixabay; author: RyanMcGuire)

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