For many years I've been aware of how I energetically back away when people speak with great certainty. Especially when their words are accompanied by a loud voice and raised eyebrows, which so often seems to happen. I've sometimes wondered if that means I'm just wishy-washy. That I don't have my own convictions or know what I value most. But I do, and this desire to retreat from spaces where others are so sure happens when the words take up all the space, leaving no room for curiosity to breathe.
I've been unraveling, for some time now, how I have been the one with raised eyebrows in my relationship; growing awareness of when I am constricting the space between us where we could both be growing. It shifts things, this awareness, into the connection I actually desire. A work in progress, which is really quite beautiful.
For many years I've been aware of how I energetically back away when people speak with great certainty. Especially when their words are accompanied by a loud voice and raised eyebrows, which so often seems to happen. I've sometimes wondered if that means I'm just wishy-washy. That I don't have my own convictions or know what I value most. But I do, and this desire to retreat from spaces where others are so sure happens when the words take up all the space, leaving no room for curiosity to breathe.
I've been unraveling, for some time now, how I have been the one with raised eyebrows in my relationship; growing awareness of when I am constricting the space between us where we could both be growing. It shifts things, this awareness, into the connection I actually desire. A work in progress, which is really quite beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your words, as always.