Self-Care is a Response-ability
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To where she wanders in search for a chance to live freely is unknown for she is held in place by the vessel she inhabits. For small moments she can do all that she desires, then flip the stars and she's sent asunder. What was okay a moment ago becomes the shadows that clouds her way. To what can she turn to to seek answers that draw sense? For there is no other with what is hers.
In control she tends to appear, while underneath she's caught in a tangle of turmoil unseen. Longing to cut the ties that hold her while knowing she can't escape her home. She was born into where she is and works hard to accept what is beyond her control, but to what extent must she be stretched on her own?
What others see and expect of her drowns what is with fantasy. She has tried to muster the strength to pretend, only to harm herself and lose her way. She has made the mistake of ignoring her vessel but she can no longer neglect the consequences if she wants to feel safe in who she is.
Her time to let go of what she thought was expected of her had come. She could turn to nobody else for the answers that dwelled within. Only she could conjure the courage within to move away from what no longer served her and be who she is meant to be.
The feeling of loneliness felt when she stepped away made her question her choice, but she was determined to discover where she was meant to go. She took it as a sign of her independence, for she was required to walk her path to be who she is. She may never have control over what life would deliver, but she could always choose what it meant to her and make a connection with who she is. She could always create safety in the vessel she inhabited by caring for it and appreciating it for what it is, a part of her in which she was responsible to respect and nurture along the journey.
In Life, we are spiritual beings in our bodies. Though we may have reason to dislike the body we’re in, it is our responsibility to recognize that it is what we have and choose how we will care for it to better serve our needs. It’s up to us to appreciate what we have, respect the situations we meet and remember that we must care for ourselves before we care for others.
