The unbearable heaviness of being human by Bryonie’s

   I came across this blog post on Elephant Journal called "The unbearable heaviness of being human" by a blogger named Byronie and I must say that It struck a cord with me. This is one of those reads that touches you and at least for me, hit close to home. As I was reading the post, I felt like they were my words, like I was writing the post. I felt like, wow, this person knows exactly how I feel and what it is like to struggle in this world. To eek through the days just trying to keep it together when the world can be so harsh. It only took reading the first line of the post and I felt drawn to continue reading...

"The past few days, the weight of my heavy heart has brought me to my knees.

I bring my forehead to touch the ground, with gratitude, with grief, with sorrow, with joy. For all of these emotions are me, in any given moment…in every given moment."

   I wanted to share this post because I feel like there has to be so many people out there that feel the same way as she describes. People will read it and say, "yes, that is me. I completely know what you are talking about.

"As I continue to practice, as I dive deeper into this human being that is me, I am consistently confronted with the many faces of myself.
I try, most days, to meet myself where I am, with a warm heart and kind eyes; when I am in integrity, this is easy, so easy. But when I stray outside of my authentic self, it gets harder to meet my demons with softness. I strive to be the fawn in the woods, who meets the monster before her with so much compassion that the power of her love melts him away."

   See what I mean. Goosebumps! That is intense. It is so personal and deep. I think if most of us could actually articulate our feelings in this way, we would. She did it for us. This is a great inspirational, touching post and I wanted to share it and always keep it around to read over and over again. It resonates with my soul. I will leave you with this last quote from the post and hopefully you will take a moment to stop over at Elephant Journal and read it in it's entirety. You will be glad you did. They have so many great writers over there. Check it out.

"I strive to listen to my heart and speak truth and love and do everything I can to live well in this world."