Devotion
Love expressed through continued presence.
Lately, I have been contemplating devotion and what it means to me personally.
Not as discipline.
Not as force.
Not as proving ourselves worthy of the life we want.
But as love expressed through continued presence.
There are seasons in life where we witness ourselves becoming.
One footstep still rooted in who we have been.
One footstep reaching toward who we can feel ourselves becoming.
These spaces can feel tender.
We begin noticing old rhythms no longer fit.
Old identities no longer nourish us.
Old ways of moving through life no longer feel alive.
And somewhere underneath all of it there is a quiet pull.
A remembering.
A subtle call back toward ourselves.
Not toward becoming someone else.
But toward becoming more fully ourselves.
I think there is a version of ourselves that already knows how we flourish.
She knows what brings us alive.
She knows the pace our soul moves at.
She knows what nourishes us.
She knows the shape of our joy.
She has been quietly walking beside us all along.
And perhaps devotion is choosing to walk with Her.
Not perfectly.
Not dramatically.
But faithfully.
Returning again and again.
Showing up.
Listening.
Taking the walk.
Making the nourishing meal.
Opening the journal.
Resting.
Beginning again.
Trusting what feels quietly true.
Devotion is not loud.
It is often almost invisible.
It is choosing yourself in small ways until your life begins to reflect that choice.
I think that is what devotion asks of us.
Not perfection.
Presence.
Not intensity.
Relationship.
To continue showing up for the life that is reaching for us.
To continue tending what feels alive.
To remain present long enough for joy to find us again.
There are moments where we can feel ourselves standing at the threshold.
No longer fully in the old.
Not yet fully rooted in the new.
And devotion becomes the bridge.
The continued act of saying:
I am here.
I am listening.
I will not abandon myself.
I will keep walking.
Because somewhere deep down, I know this path leads home.
Tell me.
What in your life is asking for your devotion right now?