While recently visiting a friend who was recovering from surgery, she said something to me that really made me sit up and take notice. After opening the card and gift I brought her she said, “Your presence is enough.” When I reflect on my life and my driven nature, I realize that I’ve lived much of my life as if my presence is NOT enough; from a place of feeling like I need to perform and achieve in order to be loved and to BE enough. Do you relate?
I invite you take a few moments to reflect on your life. Have you been living it as if “Your presence is enough?” Think about what your life would look and feel like if you truly believed that your presence was enough? … You might feel free, confident, unconditionally loved, in the flow, like you didn’t have to constantly strive and give 110% when 100% was sufficient. I encourage you to “try on” the vision and feeling of living like “Your presence is enough” and notice any differences. Is life easier and more fun?
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What a profound question to sit with. Thank you.
Hi Shann, Yes indeed! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. … Feel free to come back later if you have something to add.
This is so beautiful. I recently visited with a friend who lost her husband to cancer and is herself getting treated for stage 3. In moments like these our presence is truly enough. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Puja for your kind words. Happy the post spoke to you. Warm Hugs, Pam
As a Hospice volunteer, I’ve learned this. Simply sitting beside the bedside of someone who might be in & out of consciousness is “enough.” Your presence is still felt & appreciated. A good lesson for us all to learn.
What special work you do Tae Lynne as a Hospice volunteer! Indeed there is so much to be learned from sitting quietly with another. Thanks for sharing your experience.
It’s those special moments when someone says something so very simple, yet it has affects us profoundly. Kindness is caring. This is a question to ponder often, especially in moments when feel our presence is not enough. Great post Pamela!
Happy the post resonated with you Debra! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Warm Hugs, Pam