Numb

Are you at peace or are you stuck? Do you feel calm and ready for what is next or are you closer to numb? ... know that peace has flow and stuck does not. I’ve definitely had times in my life that I could call peaceful but that were actually closer to numbness. And I think the two concepts are close enough for us as humans to spend a moment on the difference. Numbness is the state of being where we deny impact, where outside forces cease to really bother us. But it is also a state where nothing brings us joy, where honestly, nothing brings us much of anything. And frankly, we can easily be numb without being at peace. We’re numb because we stop looking, stop feeling, but that doesn’t make us peaceful. The way to tell for me is whether there is movement. Peace comes with movement while numbness suppresses it, as it suppresses everything. As you read this I wonder: * Where do you feel stuck these days? * Do you need to be stuck? Do you need the stuck thing to change? Can you go around it rather than going through it? * Can you find your way back to the flow that makes peace a possibility? It’s easy to harden yourself to the world, to tell yourself that things don’t matter, and maybe even to believe it. But that’s not the path to peace, because denying the world is not the same as embracing it. As we close out the week, can you embrace the world, even with the hurts, and still see the light of peace? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com