compassion

“When Families Fracture”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

“Love doesn’t disappear when people part, it just finds quieter pathways.”

Not every family gathers.
Not every story has a warm reunion.
Not every heart is ready for reconciliation.

And that is okay.
Distance doesn’t mean love is gone. It means that healing is happening separately, at its own pace. You can honor where you are without shaming yourself or others. You can celebrate with those who feel safe to share your heart with, even if that circle is small or different every year.

Some connections mend in silence,
others in time,
others not at all,
all are valid.

Gentle practice:
Write a note (you don’t have to send it) to someone you love but can’t be close to right now.
Let it soften your heart without forcing connection.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow, we gather everything from these two weeks into a closing.

“The Rooms We Cannot Share”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

 

“Some rooms are not ours to walk into, at least not right now.”

Holidays create an illusion that everyone must be together at the same table. But the truth is some rooms aren’t safe yet, some conversations aren’t healed yet, and some reunions would only reopen wounds. This doesn’t make anyone bad. It simply means hearts are growing at different speeds.

There is strength in knowing when to step back instead of forcing something that isn’t ready. There is wisdom in letting others have their own gatherings while you create a gentler rhythm elsewhere. Peace is not found in pretending, only in honoring what is true.

Not every doorway needs crossing,
not every circle must close.
Sometimes love stands in the hallway,
waiting for safer rooms to open.

Gentle practice:
Give yourself permission to decline an invitation without guilt.
Say: “I’m honoring what my heart can hold right now.”

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow, we’ll talk about the ones who step in and out, the quiet souls who love differently.

“The Discipline of Softness”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

“Patience is the highest form of strength.”

Softness is not weakness, it’s precision. It knows when to speak and when to wait.
To stay open in a world of reaction is a daily discipline, one that builds invisible muscles of compassion.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

When tension rises today, breathe before you respond. Let the breath be your teacher of calm power.


Tomorrow, we gather everything learned this week and return it to light.

“The Space Between”

Posted on by Kerri Elizabeth

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Sometimes love is the quiet allowing of someone else’s becoming.”

There is strength in giving space.
When we stop needing others to understand us right away, something softens, both in them and in us. The pause becomes sacred ground, a place where truth can breathe without being forced.

Small practice: Today, resist the urge to correct or explain. Listen instead. Notice how stillness opens room for peace to enter.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-
Tomorrow, we’ll listen in a different way, to the body that speaks when the mind is quiet.