The choice to choose...
Hey lovely Reader
Something landed the other morning:
If you choose to do something, do it with love.
So, even as I write that I see layers and layers within it. And that thought led to lots of other thoughts... some not yet fully formed but (for me) all worthy of some degree of exploration.
As always, this isn’t about perfection or rose-tinted spectacles. Or a performative appearance of love.
It’s about dignity, safety and belonging; about noticing where duty or habit says yes while (maybe) something inside is saying no.
And it's about noticing when we willingly choose to do something, the outer action might look the same - but the inner experience changes everything.
In this episode, I explore:
- What it really means to choose with love - and why awareness and acceptance of our inner response to what we've chosen are also forms of love
- How duty and conditioning can sometimes result in resentment (wrapped with guilt), and what mindful discernment can reveal
- Why boundaries aren’t walls, but acts of love that honour both self and other
- How dignity, safety and belonging are interwoven in healthy choice-making
- The everyday beauty of choosing to do something differently
If boundaries feel tender or useful to explore, there’s a free mini-course linked in the show notes - gentle, practical, adult-to-adult.
Listen to the episode here, and see where it takes you.
May we all know how it is to love and be loved. May we all be safe, happy and well. May we all live with ease.
With love
PS: If boundaries feel tender or useful to explore, there’s a free mini-course here - gentle, practical, adult-to-adult: Understanding Boundaries