We wanted to honor space here for a RYME retreater's words on wholeness. We are grateful to them for choosing to share these heartfelt verses with the amazing RYME community.
our wholeness includes both the dark and the light
we are all of our parts
our flaws
our mistakes
our victories
our challenges
we are our secrets with the stars and our naked honesty
we are our arguments and patience
we are our great love stories and our fleeting romances
we are our belly laughs and silent cries
we are our jealously and envy but we are also our generosity and care
we are deeply our past as much as we are our present
to embrace our wholeness is not to cast a shadow over the parts we don’t love as much, it is
to invite them into the light with the rest of us
to learn from our own story
to accept all the tiny pieces that make us, us
when we let go of the tension and struggle to hide these parts we simultaneously make
more space
more space to grow & learn
more space to move our energy in this earthly form with more ease
we start to invite in the kind of energy from others that we deserve, not merely accept
we start to intentionally flow with the ups // downs of life in a less extreme way
we create balance
we accept love
we give love
we protect our energy from people who are not on the same journey by giving back what is not ours to hold
and as we start to accept our wholeness, things continue to align
new paths // opportunities appear
by slowing down, we allow ourselves the space to breathe, to look up, to listen to the universe
and our own intuition
when you can calm the mind, clarity flows
creativity flows
sparks are ignited and you are more closely tied to the present moment
the concern of what happens tomorrow is quelled by knowing you are in the right place today
unraveling deeply engrained patterns isn’t easy but it’s a choice
a lifelong effort to undo parts of us that no longer serve where we are going
little by little, it is easier to shine your light and radiate your energy to the world
allow yourself grace and love as you uncover sides of your being you didn’t even know existed.
be you, love you, be whole