highly sensitive power

What’s up with that lowdown, unsupported, wheel-spinning, off-balance, scared feeling? Take a mighty, deep breath and look me in the eye. Right here. We’re not moving until you understand something very important:

Your worth does not depend on you.

Your worth is gloriously, blindingly, thoroughly intact, however homeless you feel. You’ve only temporarily lost your way. The map got rained on and fell apart in your hands.

You need compass contact.

Experts and people who love you can see what you cannot right now. They can connect you with your own map. They can provide a compass. Human contact powers us on levels so deep we have to dream to follow. Get some.

Reach out in spite of how you feel. Ask five friends for a shot of adoration. See a counsellor. Ask a reference librarian for help finding free resources to connect you with others you’re likely to like. Take a class. Start a play group with your grown-up friends. Seek expertise. Seek warmth. Tap into the vein of human resources flowing all around you. With a dose of perspective, you’ll find that the ground you stand on is rock-solid after all.

Reach out. Repeat often.

{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }

Flickr photo: rest, by fazen.