Shannon Pinkston, The Airstream Oracle

It’s easy to love the parts of you that you are proud of but it takes courage to love all parts of you even the ones you’re ashamed of... or the parts you don’t like...

Next time you catch yourself, judging yourself and saying stuff like:

“I’m too bossy”, “I’m just so OCD”, “I’m too sensitive”, or “I’m too needy”.

Stop for a second and start pouring gratitude for the blessings that each part of you, brings to your life... and to others.

There’s magic that happens when you start to accept, love, and BE all of you instead of always trying to change parts of you... just so you can fit in and be “socially acceptable”.

If you have a bossy part say: “thanks for being assertive and knowing what you want. You’ve always kept me moving forward, and for that, I’m grateful”.

If you have an OCD part say: “thanks for your attention to detail, I wouldn’t have gone this far in life without your help, and for that, I’m grateful”.

If you have a sensitive part say: “thanks for your ability to really feel what’s going on... it’s helped me experience the best things in life deeply and richly... and for that I’m grateful”.

All parts of you are here to serve you.

And the parts of you that you consider “dark” or you disown because you feel shameful for... I promise you, there’s a need that part of you has... find that need, and give yourself permission to fulfill that need in a healthy and empowering way that serves your soul... and you’ll feel more fulfilled and complete.

If you don’t find that need, and instead you starve that need and disown that part of you, you’ll start acting out in what may seem like “dysfunctional” or extreme ways just to meet that need anyway... and it will start to control you.

There’s an extreme sense of freedom and healing that happens when you start accepting and owning all of you, instead of just parts of you because you were made perfect.

It’s time to be ALL of you, and love ALL of you.

On this tender, blessed Easter weekend, as we gather our spirits close in celebration, may we give thanks for each unique and irreplaceable moment that reminds us of the precious nature of life, of rebirth, of hope, of Spring, of renewal and of love. 💚

It’s time for a new beginning. It’s time to hold onto hope.

It’s time to trust in what we can’t see.

Let's make space in our hearts to allow for the spectrum of all that we have been through: suffering and joy, grief and relief, pain and renewal.

We have enough room - and enough love - to gently hold it all. 💚

Be ever so kind to yourself on the way.

Easter weekend blessings to you and yours with great love. 💚

* May our prayers rise together for peace. ✨

From Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace. Yours is here: https://bit.ly/EveryDaySpirit

Leap…

Without this extra day once every four years, we would eventually lose our seasons as we know them. This day exists solely to keep us in track with the sun and I love that thought. Chasing light to stay right. Whatever you do today, look for the light. And whilst we are doing that perhaps we can take a little leap in the direction of the sun too. Reach for something shiny you’ve been afraid to feel deserving of. It’s all about the light, this life. It’s all about staying with the light…

Donna Ashworth

Art by the amazing Catrin Welz-Stein



(Thank you all for your lovely well wishes yesterday on my paperback launch 🌱☀️ Sunday Times bestseller https://amzn.eu/d/i4ZqNVF)