05/03/2026
There is a particular cruelty in understanding something completely, and still finding yourself doing it anyway.
You’ve read the books, have done the work, you can also name the pattern, trace it back, and explain it to someone else with clarity and compassion.
And then Tuesday comes ‘round, and you say yes again…
This isn’t a failure of willpower or insight my dear…It is simply how nervous systems work, because our body doesn’t change simply because the mind understands something.
Wish it were that easy..!
It changes through experience, slowly, with repetition, and most importantly, in safety (i.e. with tenderness to yourself).
Therefore, the smallest possible deviation from the pattern is still a deviation, for instance, a pause before answering, or a little less of that perfection, and maybe, not hiding what it costs you.
These are not massive, dramatic acts… But… for your body … they are everything.
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✦ Part 3 of 3.
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With you rooted and rising,
Wen-Wei