This picture is for you to get a sense of me. It’s a person standing with a slight bend in the knees, looking downwards, with a white and gold jumpsuit, leaning on a rock with a glimpse of blue sky on the horizon. Photo taken by their beloved, in her favorite spot, the day two dear friends wed.

Are you exhausted and unclear when or how things will change? Do people rely on you to be strong, supportive, and ever present - even though you are completely stretched? Unsure of where to go for help, how to ask for it or accept it? Starting something new and afraid of repeating old habits, patterns, or behaviors? I felt that way too often. And I realized it was not just harming me - it was an unhealthy model I did not want to perpetuate. As someone who deeply cares about social justice, being in right relations, and the power of love and healing - I knew I had to change within myself to be better able to build that more just world I sought.

The beauty within that experience was deeply realizing, we cannot do this work alone, it has to be done in and through transformative relations.

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Aaram Se
آرام سے

(Urdu) To take rest and be with ease. A calm and gentle presence. A comforting and joyous liberation that you create.