Today I choose to walk back the cat

Today I choose to walk back the cat—to understand where that thought, that emotion, that behavior, that belief came from.

I choose to trust there is a very good reason I live the way I do, and that by connecting with it I will understand why it serves.

I choose to trust that understanding how it served me until now, will allow me to embody the fact that it doesn't serve anymore.

I choose to believe in my system and how it is always trying to protect me; I will not disparage my attempts at keeping myself safe, even if those were deeply misguided.

I will shower my fears with love until they feel warm and clean and ready for a whole new chapter to begin.

I will dance while I tremble and sing through my rage, I will laugh until I cry and cry until I feel joy flowing into my world again.

I will walk back the cat and understand at which crossroad I had to surrender my dream for a shelter from the storm. I will knock on the door and free the part of me locked there, by offering her an umbrella of hope.

Today I choose to walk back the cat—to understand where that thought, that emotion, that behavior, that belief came from.

And as always, I know I will be awed, by the courage of my younger self and the timeless wisdom that is now available to walk her home.