Yes. I do.I do deserve a comfortable life. Not a perfect one. Not a luxurious one.But a safe, steady, held one.A life where I don’t always have to brace myself. Where my body can unclench.Where I don’t always have to be the one holding the roof up. I need rest. Not just sleep. I need … Continue reading Needs
Author: karin.sabrina.sinambela
A return
There’s a shape my body knows.I didn’t learn it in a class or from a book.I don’t even remember deciding to do it.But I find myself in it — every morning, every night.Balasana. Child’s Pose. It looks simple from the outside — a quiet folding inward.But from the inside, it feels like something else.A bowing. … Continue reading A return
A Less Famous Compass
Not everyone is born with fire in their bones.Some of us were shaped by quiet rooms,by soft mornings, by the absence of noise. We did not learn to compete.We learned to observe.To sit with the day as it is,not as something to conquer. While the world praises the driven life —the rising, the reaching, the … Continue reading A Less Famous Compass
Rebel
Today, I found myself wondering — why is it so easy to overthink everything, but so strange to feel calm?Why does peace feel like something we need to earn, while worry shows up uninvited and makes itself at home? We start to believe that overthinking is normal, and being at ease means we’re being careless. … Continue reading Rebel
Le fin
Dear Death,I don’t know how to begin with you.You are the shadow I dare not name too often,the visitor I hope comes late,the mystery I both fear and, strangely, respect.They say you are the end,but some say you’re a door.Some say you bring peace,others say you’re the thief in the night.All I know is this:your … Continue reading Le fin
Amor fati
Accepting What Is-- is my August focus word. It sounds passive, doesn’t it?Acceptance. Like surrendering the sword and sitting down. Like saying, “I give up.”But this month, I’ve been learning…it's not giving up.It’s giving in—to life, as it is.I chose “accepting what is” as my anchor word, not because I’m a spiritual person floating in … Continue reading Amor fati
The news
Today, I was handed a piece of news.Not good news. Not a bad one either. Just… news.My husband didn’t get the job. He will remain jobless for an uncertain amount of time. The kind of reality that used to stir anxiety, trigger spirals, shake the foundation.But tonight?Tonight I am calm. Strangely, disarmingly calm.I sat on … Continue reading The news
Meek
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."That was the verse I received at my church confirmation, some thirty years ago.I didn’t choose it—it chose me. Or perhaps, it was handed to me by something I wasn’t yet mature enough to understand. I never liked the word meek.It sounded too quiet, too soft, … Continue reading Meek
Incompetent
Have you ever heard the notion of a dirty plate inviting another dirty plate? I think that's what happened when in an organization, you put one incompetent man in a leadership board, this man/ woman will invite another incompetent people to sit in yet other strategic position in that organization. Eventually the whole boat will … Continue reading Incompetent
Rest
I did enough today.I am enough today.I give myself permission to rest now.Everything else can wait. Karin Sabrina
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