The Most Important Thing

The Most Important Thing

I am making a home inside myself. A shelter of kindness where everything

is forgiven, everything allowed—a quiet patch of sunlight to stretch out without hurry, where all that has been banished and buried is welcomed, spoken, listened to—released.

A fiercely friendly place I can claim as my very own.

I am throwing arms open to the whole of myself—especially the fearful, fault-finding, falling apart, unfinished parts, knowing every seed and weed, every drop of rain, has made the soil richer.

I will light a candle, pour a hot cup of tea, gather around the warmth of my own blazing fire. I will howl if I want to, knowing this flame can burn through any perceived problem, any prescribed perfectionism, any lying limitation, every heavy thing.

I am making a home inside myself where grace blooms in grand and glorious abundance, a shelter of kindness that grows all the truest things.

I whisper hallelujah to the friendly sky. Watch now as I burst into blossom.

Julia Fehrenbacher