Wow... This one really caused me to think. It's not a totally new concept. But the application of it, and the extent to which that application could fit... What a difficult thought.

Not a light read. But the recognition helped me, and so I share.

Know yourself as the beloved. No matter who you are or where you find yourself on the journey, you are invincibly precious and worthy of gentle care.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-147099920

"Inside the church, I wasn’t given tools for self-regulating when afraid, probably because no one was present to the extreme nervous system dysregulation we were accommodating. And I certainly wasn’t given any real comfort in light of my fears. I’ve been learning, though, and I have a pack of friends who have had to do this same work. We breathe, we stretch. Sometimes we dance. We can’t seem to stop grieving. And we keep trying to get to know a God who is never surprised, never panicked. We try our hardest to pick up a bit of Her peace and tuck it like a stuffie in the crook of the arm, while we lie next to one another in the dark.

You are the Beloved."