These are dangerous times for the world and also for me. I have to keep that in mind as I try to live and age fiercely, moving forward one day at a time. Knowing that I am always a little wonky, overthinking and over-feeling and over almost everything, I give myself some slack, some comforting self-talk. I lay back on the buckle up, pull up your socks, keep your panties on. It’s ok to let everything fall.

Humpty Dumpty can fall off the wall. He doesn’t have to get up. He doesn’t have to be put back together. I can let myself fall to pieces and let them lie wherever they land. They are the parts of myself that no longer serve me. Taking a deep breath, I breathe in my whole life’s feelings of fears and uncertainties, feeling them in my whole body. Breathing out, I let each one go. I’ve often wondered where emotions come from, where I feel them, in my head or my heart. Now I know that they live in every cell of my body.

So I live another day. This is the last day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge but hope to return for the National Blog Posting Month in November. Having a daily commitment helps to keep the psychiatrist away.