Part 3 - When You Don’t Interrupt It

Small and easy shifts can be easy to overlook and miss entirely. There will be moments when you realize you don’t have to reach for anything at all. Even when those worrisome feelings are still present—when they haven’t disappeared or let up—something within you is no longer trying to change them immediately. Instead, you stay with the feeling. You hold it just long enough to let it exist without forcing it into something else.

This doesn’t happen all at once, and it doesn’t feel natural right away. It didn’t for me. The urge to respond is still there. The instinct to manage the experience or move away from it doesn’t simply disappear. But when you remain with the moment, even briefly, something begins to reveal itself. The feeling isn’t as fixed as it once seemed. It only felt that way because we kept interrupting it.

When you stop doing that—when you allow the moment to unfold without interference—you begin to notice that the feeling starts to move on its own. The intensity shifts. The edges soften. The experience changes shape, not because you forced it to, but because you finally gave it the space it needed. Difficult moments are still difficult, but something about your relationship to them begins to change.

You are no longer just inside of the feeling—you are aware within it. You are present enough to notice it as it shifts, rather than trying to control how it shifts. And in that presence, the moment begins to unfold with more clarity. Not every feeling needs to be managed. Some just need to be allowed.

Stay Mindful…

Rebirth