the choices before us

ever feel tangled up in your good intentions? because sometimes I do.

here is your gentle place to be inside this day. a reminder I’m in need of at this moment.

our intentions are important

I often find myself thinking about intentions. About the ways in which my intentions can become a shield that becomes a barrier to building genuine connection and understanding - especially across different lived experiences.

And in the midst of pain.

Intentions are important, even beautiful, and sometimes incredibly challenging to experience up close.

But the thing is; our intentions are often invisible to everyone but ourselves.

Intentions don’t feel invisible though.

Not to us.

our intentions are close to our heart

Because our intentions reside so close to our heart and are so deeply woven through the pathways of our mind, we often conclude that everyone can see them, feel them, and understand them as intimately as we do.

And this is part of how our intentions can become a barrier - because as we hold our intentions more tightly than we hold our choices, we end up p…