The Real Value of Presence
I promise I don’t cry the whole episode… big thoughts and realizations in here about why presence is so valuable in our lives. Warning- there is also reference to the war in Israel and Palestine that started Oct 7 2023
Show Notes:
How do we make sense of the world and of being human?
“Grey” does not mean “okay”
the grey is love- in that love is humanity and in that humanity we are celebrating and we are suffering
Do not get swept up into the desire to choose
It is so human to celebrate and so human to suffer
The willingness to hold space for both
Neutral does not mean without opinion
As humans we’re all in this together
Our willingness to witness something together at the same time is a coming together, a connection
Presence has a different feeling for everyone- pain, gratitude… the real humanity is that we’re all FEELING together
After those moments of feeling we shift into thought and action
Life is about being in those moments together - being human together
We’re all just painfully human- flawed and beautiful and real
Be witness to how hard and awesome it is to be human- that’s presence
The value of allowing yourself a fantasy
How is every win, everyone’s win?
How is every loss, everyone’s loss?
There are moments where, no matter the outcome everyone is present at the same time
What we mean when we say I don’t know how to feel is I don’t know how to pick, because I’m feeling it all at the same time in this one moment.
Sometimes the answer is to not pick and hold it ALL
We don’t have to know we can feel into the presence of being with ourselves and with other humans who are all feeling at the same time
The WIN is the presence
We are in a call to be human together- we are all connected
We can see the value in being present in the most extreme moments
The more presence we can have the more purposeful our next actions will be
There’s a reckoning in what’s happening
Holding everything at the same time and being okay for even a moment
Witness the human experience in all it’s flavors so we can more forward more purposefully
We can move forward knowing that we can access presence anytime
In some moments presence is easier to access because we’re all doing it together
We get to be human together right now no matter what
Our willingness to be present is the connection we’re all longing for
Let is be grey- in the grey is love
Create space for your brain to take the reigns and navigate life
