Are You Living On The Outside Of Your Life?

Are you living on the outside, looking in?

Scrolling through curated images

Comparing yourself

To a perfection that doesn’t exist?

Social media

Distraction

Busyness

A carousel of distorted perception 

Thin, white privilege

Whispering lies about worth

Hustle culture screaming

Just keep grinding

But where is the heart?

The feeling

The sensing

That makes life real?

We chase validation from the outside

A need to be seen

Valued 

Applauded 

But where is the Self?

Hiding, perhaps?

Waiting for a moment of stillness

For inner validation to rise

What if instead of striving we found intention?

Instead of fake connection

We build communities of care 

Instead of performing

We express

The nervous system craves safety 

Not speed

The heart longs for roots

Not fleeting likes

The soul whispers 

Stop living on the outside

Come back in

Find yourself in here

Where life is sacred

And connection is true