🌙 When the Garden of Emotions Feels Quiet
✨Hay you wonderful sparks of amazement✨
Today, we’ll explore our garden of emotions again!
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but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it 🤔
“I don’t feel like myself today. Not happy, not sad. I just feel.. nothing.”🤔
“You know,” she said softly, “gardens have seasons.🌻
Sometimes everything in them blossoms and sometimes everything rests”😴
and then 🐨Malu nudged them quietly so they could all take a
moment to walk through their emotional garden. 🌼
Nothing was wrong with the garden, everything was there just like it should be,
it was simply a quiet day. 💓
🤔“You see, feeling numb does not mean that you’re broken,
it simply means your heart and mind is resting.😴
It means that you have been carrying a whole lot,
things you noticed and things you weren’t even aware of” 🫂
Saja said, as they looked over the garden. 🐈
“It’s absolutely natural. Our emotions are like seasons, they come and go.
And yet they all have their place”🙂↕️
They all sat together in a calming quiet, not sharing words and simply enjoying
each other’s presence. Allowing themselves to recharge and simply be.
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Malu is a Koala that is deaf and always has been.
He does not know how words sound and therefore the way
he speaks can look differently to us, but in the ASL language,
the words "I" or "You" are not used.
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🌱Some Questions to reflect on🤔
🦖 Have you ever had a day where your emotions felt “quiet” or far away?
🦕 What helps you feel safe or grounded when you’re not feeling much at all?
🦖 If your heart needed rest today, what kind of rest would feel kind?
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@AnnaSilverberg
What a lovely story!
Have you ever had a day where your emotions felt “quiet” or far away?
Yes.
🦕 What helps you feel safe or grounded when you’re not feeling much at all?
I like to sit in silence by my window and take in the view- observe the trees, the birds, the sky, people. I remind myself of all that exists beyond my tensed thoughts.
🦖 If your heart needed rest today, what kind of rest would feel kind?
I'd take a break and let myself breathe in silence to calm my nerves. Meditation is my go-to strategy.
@AnnaSilverberg
Beautifully written and presented 💙
I'm going to read this to my nephew tomorrow.
He has autism and he is going through puberty and struggling to navigate his emotions and today was a particularly hard day for him, so I think this will help 🧡
@AnnaSilverberg
what a very cute and creative story. 🌸
You’re amazing 💗💗
🦖 Have you ever had a day where your emotions felt “quiet” or far away?
I certainly have. And I felt like there was something not right. This expectation That I should feel happy honestly. And if I wasn’t happy, then was I sad?
🦕 What helps you feel safe or grounded when you’re not feeling much at all?
This has for sure been a work in progress. I’m learning more about myself and what hobbies I enjoy. That it’s ok to switch things up. I also write in a journal of my accomplishments and then has been super helpful. It’s a time to take a step back and ask what I need. Sometimes that’s company, it may be to feel productive, watch a movie or just read my accomplishments.
🦖 If your heart needed rest today, what kind of rest would feel kind?
Kind rest is guilt free rest. The ability to know somedays it’s absolutely required and it’s part of life’s ebb and flows.
@AnnaSilverberg thats beautiful (: