What happens in your nervous system when you imagine, even for a moment, that you are exactly where you are supposed to be?

That all the right things have unfolded to bring you here?

Even the things you would not have chosen.

Even the things you do not yet understand.

What if it is still perfect?

Not because everything feels good.

Not because you would want to repeat it.

But because life has been continuously shaping you into the person you are becoming.

When we allow ourselves to consider this possibility, something begins to soften.

We loosen our grip on the stories of what should have happened and open ourselves to what is here.

As our perspective shifts, so does our capacity to access resources.

The people who have supported us.

The wisdom we have gained.

The resilience we have cultivated.

The strengths we did not know we possessed.

What once felt like evidence that life had gone wrong can begin to reveal itself as part of a much larger unfolding.

From this place, we are often able to meet the parts of ourselves that need care with greater compassion and understanding.

Not because we have solved the mystery of our lives.

But because we have stopped arguing with where we are.

This is where we claim our belonging.

I belong here, now, in this moment, on this land, with the ancestors I have and the life lessons that have unfolded.

One of the central teachings within Trauma as Medicine is that healing is not always about changing our circumstances. Sometimes it begins with changing our relationship to them.

And from that place, entirely new possibilities emerge.

Blessings,

Sarah

White Raven Woman

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