First week of May, I led a couples' workshop with my partner - our first work collaboration (take a peek here, if interested) - not a small thing to navigate for two sensitives!
Then there was the tail end of the Mercury retrograde. Whether or not you relate to astrology, have YOU been through a patch of things you can usually (more or less) rely on backfiring or "misbehaving" on you (April/May time)? If you have, my tenderness goes with you: to sensitive nervous system this is extra unsettling even if it brings useful new learning as a gift.
This year I managed not to struggle against the awkwardness of it so much and the result was sweet and riveting: tremendous joy of learning on the go. So many times before, I first needed to recover from the shock to the system and the discovery of new possibilities was much slower arriving, so I'm really grateful for whatever it was that enabled me to be more present and receptive in the moment. Hey, maybe it was all the tight wrapping up? :)
Bearing in mind, all the same, that sensitive distress can happen anytime, anywhere however you look after yourself. It's not like I'm "cured", it's not like sensitivity is something to cure. :)
A big part of my recent learning has been to really sink into acceptance of that - as part of a sensitive constitution package, the gift side of which is easy enough to love. I believe we really need to learn not to reject our (or others') fragility. Imagine the benefits of opening the heart to all of who we are and modeling this stance in the world. Since people typically don't do what we say but do what we do, it'd be a huge contribution to everyone. Don't you think?
How about it? Here's to deepening the practice of gentle self-acceptance to all who want it!
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