So there I was, no lie, feeling a wave of sadness crest. Tears began to well up in my eyes, and before sadness completely washed over me, I asked the sadness what it needed.
The image of peacock feathers immediately popped into mind. So I gladly gave my sadness peacock feathers, with little hesitation. It wasn’t until later that I began asking, “WTH does the sadness need with these feathers?!”
What I’m finding is that it’s not really my place to ask. Maybe the sadness was a misplaced sense of pride. And it doesn’t really matter, really. For when I gave of the gift that it requested the wave turned to a ripple upon my inner sea. Now I’m sitting here stronger in my happiness. So why ask why, really?
The take home message? When an emotion threatens to take over and roll you under, pause for a moment and acknowledge it, then promptly ask it what it needs. Then, so long as the request does NOT involve harming oneself or others, hand over the goods.
Now I laugh when I think about sadness prancing around with peacock feathers. Who can remain sad with an image of sadness like that?!
May we each give ourselves and our emotions the very things we and they need, trusting ourselves to take care of us and them. For it is in meeting our own internal needs that we create a happier world to live…
Namaste
unfiltered from the heart 
Great advice
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Thank you!
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the title itself is captivating… well written is this message and worth sharing
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I’m grateful to hear that you liked it
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i’m grateful to have come across your work
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😊 that’s heart warming, thank you!
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your welcome… and thanks for visiting, and reading my work. which has ways to go
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We all have our own styles and voices. Growth is an ever present process through which we learn and expand.
One of the toughest parts of this craft is trusting the intuitive creative drive, for it requires a leap of faith each time we create and choose to share it. Judgment blocks that faith. 😉
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you surely have put into to words the essence of the struggle and sometime second guessing… thank you
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It’s a good sign that you’re only second guessing! I find sometimes I take it out to fifth and sometimes don’t even publish
289 drafts the last I checked lol. Granted many were seeds that I had that I just didn’t water
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Well, you are at least doing something, writing something… I sure you have had many victories as well…
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Yes, and each one requires risk or a leap of faith
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