How can we make life a little lighter?

Sometimes, life feels hard, heavy, sad, lonely.

In such moments, we tend to be hard on ourselves, too. We think that we should be thinking or feeling differently, more positively. We should be grateful.
And so we resist our current experience, and suffer.

Difficult emotions just want to be felt. And then, they pass, just like everything passes.

Knowing this, we can put even more pressure on ourselves, thinking that we should be able to just accept them. And if we can’t, we beat ourselves up for not being able to accept them.

So, what if, instead of pushing them away or expecting ourselves to be able to feel them stoically, we asked ourselves what would make the experience a little lighter?

Maybe it’s calling a friend.
Maybe it’s going to a “Kraftort” / “Zufluchtsort”, a place that comforts us.
Maybe it’s nature: a forest, field, lake, mountain, or river.

We don’t have to do it alone.
We don’t have to be hard on ourselves when life already feels hard.

Let’s be kind to ourselves and support ourselves as best as we can.