“Stillness speaks differently than impulse.”

Some words rise from wounds, unstructured and without pause.

They erupt with unfiltered impact.

Reaction is immediate, it wants relief.

Response waits and listens.

There is a different impact in this pause.

In breathing before speaking.
In allowing emotion to move through you not out of you.

Feeling everything and the process in this design is different for everyone.

Growth is not the absence of emotion.
It is the ability to hold it without letting it lead.

And sometimes the most sovereign choice
is silence.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

Tomorrow: You are not your worst moment, but if you allow it to teach, the worst moment can lead you to your best self.