Tending our spirits

Dear ones ~
How are you doing? How are you tending to yourself, to your soul, to your deep needs? How do you connect to your soul and spirit?

When I connect to my soul/spirit, I find joy and enthusiasm for the opportunity to be alive and experience all sorts of stuff in this physical body.

Many days, parts of me are not so sure about that enthusiasm, and these last few days have been rocky.

I'd like to have that true enthusiasm for life at the forefront of my life, and I'm angling in this direction. When I truly connect to that essence in me, it's so tangible, and so helpful, and such a good reminder that in some form, I chose to come here at this time, in this place, in this body. 

For some people, the concept that we chose to come here does not land well. And that makes sense - when we're in the middle of trauma, or recovering from long interwoven traumas, that sentiment can feel awful. It might feel shaming or blaming - like one chose this life, this suffering?

Feel free to take this idea or discard it or give it the finger. 
(My 8 year old son is really into swearing these days. So Much Swearing in our house! I'm welcoming his swearing parts and we parents keep talking (at him?) about when and where swearing might be ok at this time in his life - mostly anytime in our house, not so welcome with many friends families....Welcoming his parts, and welcoming my parenting parts!)