Good mawning.
Navigating the cave...
He was done. Tired of a job and industry, this pic was taken the day after he got laid off.
And this was only minutes before he drove away and set out across the country to see his parents.
I don't usually share in this way, but I feel that people right now may need to hear this.
This departure wasn't simply a trip to visit his folks before the holidays...he was in the "cave" of his journey (again) and needed space to sort himself out.
If you haven't heard of the "hero's journey", I suggest you give it a search. I may expand more on it and how I use it to help others navigate their perspective (and subsequent actions) in relation to where they find themselves on that journey.
Each of our journeys are our own. And we will cycle through the aspects of the hero's journey many times in our lives as we continue to grow and expand.
For our household, as we continue to grow and expand, we also experience going through the ups and downs. Due to a variety of health issues, including mental, we find that navigating depression (or being in the cave) comes more often than not. Or at least that's how it feels.
When we are in that space which feels constricting, dark, uncomfortable....many feel that it is "wrong" to be there. Then we make it unwanted, wrong, shameful, and give it meaning that we are broken and we need to fix it.
But what if it is just part of the journey. What if...it is where you were meant to be? What if it is that cave and that internal work you alone must go through, that part to collect your unique learning, reward, awareness, and growth on the other side?
What if you're being born into YOUR "new" on the other side, and although uncomfortable and unknown, you know it's temporary and worth the process.
On the other side of his month long trip, he came back with more "space" to process. And in the months that followed, more acceptance and contentment. More appreciation for what and who he had in his life....including himself.
It's not about the "not okay" moments, but maybe moreso allowing it to be "different".
And it's okay to experience different things in life...emotions and states too.
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