Hello Delightful You!
Welcome to your Sunday LoveGram.
I’m writing this letter to you from San Luis Obispo, CA. I took the train here yesterday from my home in San Francisco to visit with a couple friends.
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I was hoping to have a chance to record an audio for you while I am here, but my plans have changed and that means my bandwidth has, too! (Both internet + time!)
Thus, today’s LoveGram will be text-only.
However, as always, I hope you take this as permission in your own life to let yourself off the hook once in a while.
Discipline and dedication are wonderful qualities, but so are self-care, rest, and spaciousness.
Is there someplace where you need a “get out of jail free” card? I’m handing one to you right now!
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So, in lieu of an audio, I’m sharing something I posted to social media earlier this week. I hope there’s someone who might need to hear this and know that you are not alone.
I took this photo (the one at the top of the page) at Ocean Beach the other day during a rainy sunset.
I had taken myself to the beach because I was feeling kinda low and needed some big sky perspective. I was intentionally in search of what I call “pinpricks of light” — moments that have a little uplift or sparkle.
Most people who know me know that all of the celebration and appreciation work I do is the flip side of the sadness/darkness coin.
They really are always connected.
I never expect that I’m going to “get someplace” where I always live in bliss. There’s always a flip of the coin.
However, when I feel down — sad, uncertain, doubtful, scared, regretful — I try to practice how it feels to find those pinpricks of light as stepping stones. Resting places. Small moments of well-being.
That dog in the photo was a sparkle for me. I saw her running back and forth across wide expanses of beach, chasing sea gulls. She seemed to be so happy. So much in her element. So present.
Later, when I saw the photo, I was happily surprised that I caught her leaping. You can’t see the rain, but it was there.
The skies were heavy. Yet, she is so light. As is the bird. Soaring.
To me, this is everything. The person feeling heavy and soggy. The dog and the bird both being light. How their spirits lifted mine. How the light and darkness are always dancing together like that.
How the coin is flipping in each of our lives, all the time.
I’m so grateful that 30+ years ago, when I was at the darkest moment, the metaphor of an iron wall closing in around me dropped in my mind.
A moment of well-being within that heavy iron wall was a tiny pinprick of light. But one tiny light can make a huge difference.
One tiny light reminds us that there might be another, even if it is around that distant corner.
Maybe you need this reminder.
Keep looking. Plant yourself in places that light you up, even when it feels darkest.
Look for leaping little lights — like this sweet dog and her bird friend! I promise, you will find the next small resting place to feel safe.
You are not alone.
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Remember to take good care of yourself.
Be kind to yourself.
Remind yourself that you deserve good things.
You are goodness.
Thanks for being here with me! I will be back next week with an audio, my friend.
Seek celebration — even in dark corners,
xo Sherry