I’m Not OK — You’re Not OK

“These things will be hard, but you can do hard things.” — Glennon Doyle

I’m not OK.

You’re not OK.

We are not OK.

I know, this sounds dark. Because it is. Because things are super dark in our world right now. Growing darker with each grain of sand that passes through the hourglass of the year that is 2020.

For those of you who are just tuning in and those for whom this weekly series is a source of hope and positivity when all seems dark, I hope you’ll bear with me and hear me out.

I’m sharing this because it’s what’s true for me. And if I’m feeling this way, maybe you are too. My hope is that maybe in reading this you feel a little less alone in the darkness we’re all collectively experiencing right now.

That maybe it gives you the courage to say out loud all that you are feeling inside.

That maybe it gives you the courage to be courageously and contagiously vulnerable with those you love, giving them permission to do the same.

Because in my experience, giving voice to our inner struggles brings them out of the darkness into the light. Makes them more manageable and keeps them from getting bigger than us. Gives us the inner strength and external support we need to face them.

Because in my experience vulnerability is strength and sharing it with others — making it…