A psalm to remember

Someone is walking with you

Years ago, my resolve broke. I did not want to hold the burden of my anxious feelings anymore. I wanted to quit life. It felt impossible to exist alongside the feelings for one more minute. In that despair, I asked the universe for help. A clear, calm, knowing washed over me and these verses penned themselves. They’re my psalm whenever I need to hear that my feelings are just feelings. That, really, they aren’t even “mine.” Each feeling is but a blip on the vast lineage of human emotions felt through time. It helps me feel them, not be them.

This feeling is temporary

I am a witness to this feeling.

I am not this feeling.

This feeling connects me to the greater human experience.

Someone else is feeling this way (right now).

This is one of many feelings I’ll experience in my long life.

May they be your support when you need it.

Best,

Chelsea