I’ve been noticing when I don’t say “yes” to the things I love. A morning reading, time to write a poem, a soft blanket, a clear glass of water. It’s startling how habitual it can feel.

I do say yes much more than I did in the past, and yet, sometimes there’s an inherent holding back. My mind will try to convince me that doing what I love in that moment isn’t logical, it doesn’t make sense, or it won’t help me in the long run.

If I notice this happening, I can stop and inquire: is that true? Is it true that doing the thing I love in that moment won’t help? Or that it doesn’t make sense?

It almost never is.

What is true is that we’re here to love – and the surest way to do that is by first saying yes to ourselves, to giving ourselves what we really want.

What is something you’d really love right now?