Life has been feeling like a storm lately.
This last winter was so hard in so many ways.
And to be honest, I’ve been feeling a bit emotionally exhausted.
That’s also a part of why I haven’t been making art in a while.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been feeling this way this year. It seems we are living in a time when a lot of things are changing in the world but also in ourselves under the surface. It’s a very transformative time, that’s for sure.
A very wise man recently told me to be like the bison. They do not run away and seek shelter from a storm like many other animals do. They go right through it and face the hardest parts so that they can come out on the other side of it much faster. I loved to hear that, maybe because I really needed it right now. It just stuck with me: be like a bison.
I believe that when we are in a time of deep transformation, it’s more important than ever not to hide from things that are uncomfortable or not to get stuck in old patterns or old ways of believing things just because it feels safe. But instead to go right into that storm of emotions and fear or whatever it might be and to face the things that we know we need to change deep inside of us but it feels too hard or too uncomfortable. To bring it to the surface so that we can release it and be a part of this transformation that we need to go through.
I know it is easier said than done and most of the time words like these just stay as inspirational words but right now I am really trying my best to live by them. I am going through a very transformative time within myself right now and I have no idea what that will lead to so my mantra for the past few weeks has been ‘be like a bison, be like a bison’. And those words have been so helpful.
And to you my friend, who is reading this right now. Keep walking, one step at a time. We will get through this together and you are not alone. Whatever you are going through right now, it’s going to be alright because you are a bison.
You are meant to go through storms.
Jonna Jinton
