Do you feel overthinking keeps you stuck

learning to show up again

I time traveled today for the first time in a while
at first it felt strange
almost out of body
honestly, that’s the best way I can describe it

I was staring at this girl 
two pigtails and two green bows 
adorning her dark brown hair
she was laughing at something her friend said at recess

I wondered, what’s so funny?

but of course, we all know the first rule of time travel
see and hear everyone, but be seen by no one
So I didn’t get too close

then I saw that 7th grader tower over 
a brownish wooden desk
what they’d think never made her flinch
she didn’t care about the eyes nearby

and with no second thought to 
what would happen to her feet
she jumped three feet down
then I heard CRACK!

I flinched
I immediately stared at my feet
thinking mine got cracked
but I wasn’t the one who jumped
why did I instinctively look down?

then something clicked
I saw something crazy
I had no feet. no hands. no body
and those bouncing coily curls 
that just danced in the air two seconds ago 
were no stranger's, they were mine

Isn’t it interesting how fearless we were as kids?
showing up without overthinking
childlike humor, light, carefree
not trying to control everything
maybe we can just be again?

wouldn’t it be nice to travel again 
to that version of you?
just to steal some freedom
a sprinkle or two of childlike wonder

Maybe you still can.

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Heart Call

Sometimes we outgrow things that were never meant to be outgrown.
Like showing up as ourselves without overthinking.

• When did you start second-guessing what used to come naturally?

• How might you relearn to step out not in your own strength, but in God’s

  (through prayer, soul care, therapy or etc.)?

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