Morning recentering

Warmth and Softness
Jessica Kantrowitz

If you are overwhelmed with decisions today
why not let your body make some of them?

She has been taking care of you for so long.

Listen to her fatigue, her hunger
not as things to overcome, but as wisdom.

If she is tired, rest.
If she is hungry, eat.

If her muscles are clenched as tightly as bones
stretch, gently stretch.

Let her warmth and softness
be your warmth and softness.

Rest safely in her arms.

~from Blessings for the Long Night: Poems and Meditations to Help You through Depression