Tara Brach

They'll be upset.

They'll be upset with me.

They might pull away from engaging with me.

I have to say yes to being imperfect in how I communicate.

I mean, I have to say yes to reality and keep connecting with

with the sincerity of my deepest aspiration, which is to serve more loving in this world, to kind of help support a more loving world, especially for the most vulnerable, you know, taking care of the most vulnerable and letting that guide me.

So that, I haven't named it out loud in this way so much, Tammy, but that would be for me taking courage because it's hard to do.

Yeah.

Risking being rejected, you know, and daring anyway to speak what feels to be important.

Yeah, disconnection and often stress and not knowing where to start.

You know, I did a Wemadar recently, and one woman, very close into trauma, the suffering of Ukraine, and she said, I got in this habit where I would just reach out and touch the world in these tiny ways, like a text or a smile or a hug or an errand for someone who's sick.

And she said, reaching out saved my life.

She said, I began trusting that the smallest things that I did did make a difference.

Here's a quote that I love.

This is John Rodell.

He says, whenever I feel helpless in this overwhelming world, I become a helper.

Oh, oh, my love, on the days when it feels like I have no power, I serve others.

You see, whenever I wash the world's feet, my hands immediately stop shaking.

That feels like truth to me because when we reach out and engage, we start sensing a larger belonging and that is the healing of fear.

That is what heals fear.