A Wren Says

I was using my meditation app, Insight Timer. On there is a meditation by Sarah Blondin. During it she says that line, “You are not failing; you are human.” And that really hit me. I probably have misquoted it. I can’t remember the name of the mediation. I don’t even know if I have spelt her name correctly. But I do know that when I heard those words, they drove into that space in me that was hurting, that space where I felt like I was the only one who couldn’t get it together. The space where there are constant echoes that I am not good enough or worthy of anything because of the failure that I have become.

But I am not failing; I am human.

I am supposed to make mistakes. I should not know everything yet. I should constantly be learning and improving. I still have the chance to get better, to improve, to try again another day.

To be human is to be messy and quite possibly a mess. To be human is to try and build something, only to see it crumble. To be human is to work through the rubble and start again.