Leaning Into the Fire

I'm tired and it's Halloween, so I'm going to make this very brief.  I wanted to share a collage based on "leaning into the fire"--a concept in Martha's Beck's "Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny."  She talks about really allowing yourself to experience the feelings of the now when you're in pain or in crisis.  Sometimes you have to be in that moment and fully accepting of the pain, of the fire, in order to move beyond it.  So you should lean into the fire.  My husband and I call it riding the fuckwave.  It's when you just hang on for the ride--live in it and don't try to control it.  Just be and let it be.  So here's my very small, brief version of leaning into the fire:

Now I'm going to go enjoy an evening with my daughter.  Maybe I can convince her to watch a scary movie with me.

Always Beautiful,
Kelly