The Fuzzy Bears | The Bad Wound Stole Your Permission to Reach

When is the last time you did something purely for the joy of it — and didn’t feel guilty afterward? Not a little guilty. Not the low hum of should I really be doing this. Full, clean, uncomplicated joy. No justification required. No reason needed. Just — this is good and I am allowed to have it.If you had to think about it — this episode is for you.The bad wound doesn’t put your fire out. It does something quieter and in some ways more devastating. It makes you feel like you don’t deserve to sit next to it. Like warming yourself by your own fire is indulgent. Like joy requires a reason before you’re allowed to feel it.It starts small. A tiny hand reaching for something soft and wonderful. A moment of pure uncomplicated joy. And a response so big and so loaded with shame that the hand learned — reaching might be wrong. And stopped. Not just for fuzzy bears. For a hundred things after that.Rest that felt indulgent. Joy that felt selfish. Good things you talked yourself out of because you couldn’t quite shake the feeling you weren’t really allowed to have them.Today we go back to that child. The one who reached before they learned not to. And we tell them what they should have heard a long time ago.You’re allowed to reach. You always were.Be Real, Not Nice | Unlocking The Paradigm Portal with Sarah​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​