With the world’s antics and media falsehoods at play, there are moments and days where I want to harden.

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I want to close my heart. I want to rebel. 

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I remind myself that I am responsible for the way I show up daily, for the way I choose to be in this lifetime, for the way I respond to EVERYTHING, for my own health, for my own mind, for my own thoughts, what I choose to ingest & digest (physically, visually etc)… this is taking responsibility for one’s life. 

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As the media and world leaders manipulate mass consciousness toward victimhood, division and fear, I remember that the human spirit will always prevail.

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I remind myself to be gentle, to be kind, to stay open and to recognize that everyone is on their own journey of healing and expansion… That everyone sees things through their own lens of perception.

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Practicing staying in my own personal power without betraying what deeply resonates through my entire being, AND accepting what is, is a huge practice. 

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I am incredibly grateful for my personal yoga + meditation practice, and for having like minded people I can feel completely myself with. Sometimes I need to remind myself over and over again:

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“Melissa, soften. Melissa, open. Melissa, let go.” 

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I know when I am in my heart, it is a superpower. We all have it.

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When I can look through the eyes of my heart, I soften, I have compassion for others, I can see a part of myself in them, my day unfolds differently, I feel more healthy, more full… people treat me differently, new experiences come my way that are in alignment with who I truly am… I am attracting what I am genuinely feeling.

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How would things change if we tried being a little (or a lot) more tender?

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