Four of Swords, Dream Enchantress Tarot

"Sitting inside a quiet, cool place, alone with a trusted companion is not neglecting your problems"

"Indeed, it may be the only way to find real solutions"

Yep, sometimes it's MORE than ok to ignore all the should:s and 'lock yourself up' for a while.
Because pausing and reflecting are the MOST IMPORTANT shoulds now! :)

We're not taught this so it may feel a bit uncomfortable, selfish or irresponsible but it's NOT.
Evolutionary and developmentally speaking it's irresponsible NOT to!
#EMOTIONALresponsibility #radicalEMOTIONALresponsibility

The potatoes, the lawn, the laundry, or whatever - can wait!

Time to just sit with our thoughts - even the uncomfortable ones.
The thoughts that irritate, hurt or saddens us.
Pushing them down and 'getting on with it' is NOT a mature and effective route at the moment.

Sitting with our thoughts, speaking or writing them out to someone we trust who doesn't try to 'fix us' or 'make it go away'.
To release them. To release their hold on us.
Because all thoughts are not true!
They are real - hence the importance of recognizing them - but not fundamentally true!

The thoughts we have that hurt us do not serve us.
They once did but not any longer, and that's why they're bubbling up strongly now - it's time to acknowledge them fully and release them. To set them - and us - free!

#DreamEnchantressTarot