this past weekend I attended the redeemer women’s retreat.

we talked about liminal space and being on the threshold of a new year. what does that mean for the past year? what does that mean for the coming year?

the last couple hours of the retreat we were asked to choose a little angel card that had a word on one side. we were to “walk” with the word for 20 minutes and see what comes to the surface. my word was kindness.

it was very cold outside and I had no desire to walk outside, I decided to write my word over and over. I first looked up the etymology and the definition but then began writing. being kind seemed like something familiar. like something i could do. people I know came to the surface, situations I’ve been in came to the surface. i was about 1/4 of the page down and kindness to myself came to me. being kind to me, for the coming year.

I cannot forget to show kindness to myself. have experiences but treat myself with kindness, don’t beat myself up because something didn’t turn out how i thought it should, or I messed up, or I forgot something.

I must show myself kindness