Doldrums

Dear Friends,

Ever sit next to a creek and watch a leaf stuck in a whirlpool, spinning ‘round and ‘round, revisiting the same spaces over and over again?

This year I noticed something.  For the past several years, come January, I get in my head, and I get the doldrums about the same thing…over and over again, year after year.  Turns out, January elicits an emotional angst in me, spinning ‘round and ‘round, revisiting this same topic.

I hadn’t realized until this year that this particular topic was a yearly trend, but now that I see it, I really do think it is.  This particular doldrum manifests itself by making me want to curl up by myself and push people away…and I have to actively fight against it.

We all get that way, right?  Those emotions that revisit us from particular triggers, or times of the year, anniversaries of events, or places.  Emotions we thought we worked through, and maybe we did, but they still crop up from time to time to say hello.

My dear friend, if you’re in the middle of a time of doldrum, I hope you can be gentle with yourself.  I hope you can see your emotions as real and valid.  And I hope you can see your beauty and worth.

Have an amazing week, my friend.

Love
Krista