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Allowing Others to Walk Their Own Journey
One of the themes I’ve written about so many times, is how to be present to those you care about, watching them navigate life’s challenges, while at the same time resisting the desire to rescue or save them.
Especially when it’s a dear friend, a beloved family member or your life partner, seeing others suffer cuts empaths right to the core.
Even when we understand on an intellectual level that our obstacles make us more resilient, it’s just hard to watch.
However, learning how to step back on a mental, emotional, physical, financial and energetic level creates space for the other to come fully into their power.
We’ve all heard the analogy that a butterfly needs to struggle to emerge from the cocoon, in order for its wings to develop enough strength to fly. People are the same. The difficulties of life teach us exactly how strong and powerful we really are.
Because in becoming the butterfly, we slowly learn how to release the pain, the pressure of being confined in this three-dimensional space. We discover our inner and outer beauty and have the opportunity, even for a short time, to soar.
To view the world from a higher perspective.
This doesn’t mean if someone we know is going through a hard time, that we shouldn’t…
