Morning Invocation

Today, I let it be.

Today, I let it be.

There are moments in my day that will arise where I'll want to go deeper, I'll want to pick at something, I'll want to overanalyze something, I'll want to overthink something, I'll want to do it better, I'll want to go harder and faster. But today, I let it be.

Today, in those moments where I could go deeper, I could think harder on it, I could figure it all out, I stop myself, and I say, let it be.

I feel the power of letting things be because I can always return to them later.

Instead of being on a constant hamster wheel of more, more, more, getting it all done, today I let it be.

I let it be that I haven't folded the laundry or gotten back to that email.

I let it be that I can't figure out why someone said a particular thing to me.

I train my mind, and I tell myself, It's okay; just let it be. With this discernment, I can always come back later if it still feels important. But today, I let it be.

This is caring for myself. This is loving myself. This is gentle. This is kindness toward myself.

Today, I give myself the gift of letting it be.

*Image by Ashley Swanson at the Ecstatic Heart’s Sensual Soul retreat in Zion, Utah