„In the midst of winter, I finally found there was, within me, an invincible summer.“
Albert Camus
It is cold outside.
You can feel it the moment you open the door.
But maybe you also feel a kind of cold that is deeper than the outside temperature.
A shivering cold inside.
Maybe you look at the world or your own life and think
How did we get here?
Why is this happening?
Didn’t we learn anything from the past?
Maybe you feel deep frustration or fear.
Maybe you are going through a really rough time in your life.
Maybe you are stuck in anxiety or depression.
Maybe you face loss, grief, hurt, anger or sadness.
Maybe you feel broken.
No matter what happened to you.
No matter what you feel right now.
There is something precious in YOU.
Something that is beyond trauma, injustice, pain and hurt
Something that survived anything that you may have been through.
It’s your essence.
Your soul.
The set of thoughts, capabilities, strenghts
and flaws that makes you YOU.
No matter what happened to you.
No matter how much trauma you experienced.
No matter how much pain and injustice you had to endure.
No matter how insufficent or broken you may feel.
That essence is untouchable.
Most often there are layers of conditioning and trauma wrapped around it.
That shows up as feeling exhausted, not worthy, broken or not good enough.
Maybe in a way that you can barely feel your own soul.
But it’s there.
Waiting for you to listen to it.
Waiting for you to make a step forward.
That essence that you carry is unique.
There is no one like you.
No one can see the world through your eyes.
No one has made the exactly same experiences like you did
No one has precisely the same set of strenghts like you have
No one can contribute to the world like you do.
So no matter how cold you are feeling right now.
No matter how challenging your life has been or is at the moment.
Spring is always following winter.
It’s a natural law.
So if you look at the world or your life right now
and think:
This can’t be it.
There has to be more to life than this.
This could be better.
This could be so much better.
If you feel like there is something waiting inside of you.
Something you have postponed.
Something you didn’t do,
because you didn’t know how or
because you didn’t feel smart enough,
strong enough or capable enough.
Listen to this.
Your essence is within you.
Your Intuition is speaking to you.
Maybe quietly.
Maybe as a whisper.
But it is there.
It is reminding you of the things you have been wanting to do.
But didn’t do yet.
A chinese proverb says
„The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now.”
So listen to that voice.
Trust that nudge.
Do the thing that has been calling your soul.
Don’t wait to feel better,
Don’t wait for perfection.
Don’t wait to feel fearless.
Don’t wait for certainty.
Your soul is calling.
And the only question is:
Do you answer the call?