Freedom, Release Into Presence

On laying down the weight of expectation.

Having one of those days
where my own expectation
is weighing on me.

Work more.
Write more.
Be more.

For years I thought freedom was out there.

In the next milestone.
The next version of myself.
The next peak to summit.

But there are always more mountains to climb.

The weight of expectation kept me ascending.
Always striving.
Never satisfied.

But I am learning to lay that down.
To know when that inner critic
isn’t serving me.

Freedom is not escape.
It is release.

Release into presence.
Release from the scoreboard of achievement.
Release from the imagined opinions of others,
and the version of yourself built from that perception.

And in that release,
I found freedom.

Not a bigger life.
Not more meaning.
A deeper arrival.

Here.
Now.
Enough.

Wholeness was never something to build.
It was something to remember.
Something to surrender to.

So if you feel the pull to prove your life matters,
know that it does.

Pause.
Breathe.
Notice the ground beneath you.
Say quietly:

This moment is enough.

That is freedom.