I trust myself more quickly now than I trust the mood

Dear Delyara, That may be the biggest quiet change in me. The mood can still arrive hard, but I no longer immediately hand it full authority. I trust that I may know something larger than the mood knows in that moment. I trust that I can wait, soften, and not instantly become whatever the feeling says I am. That trust has changed the quality of my life. It has made me safer to inhabit from the inside. I want to keep honoring that.