Little pieces of paper I keep in my pockets, I pull them out and read:

“What does my body already know, that my mind hasn’t caught up with yet?”

And suddenly in the middle of the biggest crisis, my instinctive answer surprised me; “That I am always safe, that I have enough, that I am enough.”

Amused and surprised. Relieved.

It’s true. No matter what time of my life I think back to. I have always been safe. I always had enough. I always survived. And my body already knows. Now I just have to convince my mind to follow those beliefs. I just have to start believing with my mind what I already know.

Be more in my body than in my mind.

It’s true that my mind wants to take over so often. And each time something goes wrong, I know, my body has been warning me long time ago. I just didn’t listen.

Each time my hand slides into the pocket of my trousers, I touch that little piece of paper. I pull it out and re-read my own handwriting for the hundredth time, purple on gray: “What does my body already know, that my mind hasn’t caught up to yet?”

At that stage just touching it is enough, for me to come back into my body. And suddenly I notice…

I don’t need to eat more, my body already tells me I had enough.

I can relax even within an intense conversation.

I recognize my body is asking for rest and not more.

I feel the tension and can give it some attention.

I feel presence and almost instantly grateful for just being.

Surprised and also amazed, that the best advice I could ask for, I already carry it within. It’s just a matter of learning to listen. Listening carefully, because the answer might be only a shy whisper. But the answer is already there.

“What does my body already know, that my mind hasn’t caught up to yet?”

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