Naturalizing 101

don't wait. 

don't wait for me.

don't wait for momma, daddy, brothers and sisters to get ourselves free. 

don't wait for the red notice, the implosion in your relationships or the death of a loved one.

don't wait for things to seem "normal" or to have it all "under control" . .

meditate. warmly relate. meditate.

Stop and just be. 

take a deep breath in,

hold,

release.

repeat 

and repeat . . . 

prioritize awe and cuddles, play often with the ones who blow off steam.

observe your own joy and resource your own dignity.

And, until you can no more,

exercise the right to smile and

breathe deeply.