I’m not me without you: A Reflection on our Collective Liberation

In case I haven’t said it enough lately, I want to thank you for reading these posts! I never take your time or attention for granted and it means a lot to me knowing you’re on the other end of the screen!

As we navigate the bad place (life here on earth) it can feel easy to fall into the depths of despair. And for about a week every month (you know the week) I let myself slip down that slope.

But as I move through each new cycle, I remember that everything is cyclical. When things seem hopeless, I know there’s hope there too, cause one can’t exist without the other.

And what I’m learning now, and relearning for the thousandth time, is that things feel better when we face them together.

Maybe it’s cause I’m an extrovert, but getting to see friends and family this weekend made me realize that when I’m around people who see me:

my laughter gets louder

my pain isn’t as painful

and the love I feel fills me up with just enough energy to keep me going until the next time we meet.

In a time where it feels like we can’t get an answer without ai, and the news gets increasingly more terrifying, I’m committing being in community. Showing up when it matters, helping just to help, calling just to say I love you.

Here’s a quote by Carl Sagan who I think said it best...

“You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

Thanks for making my life more bearable, my fear more manageable, my happiness more happy.

I’m not me without you.

My liberation is tied up in yours.

As we start off this “new” week, this new moon, this new cycle — I hope you know I’m rooting for you, and I hope you’re rooting for me too.

Sending you big hugs, ‘til we meet again,
Lindsay