A tug of war between body and spirit. A flare up. Triggered by stress. Most who live with a chronic illness know these moments well. Painful and nauseating. Heightened emotions. The only remedy is rest. But my spirit wants to do yoga, jog, create some kind of art and enjoy the cloudy skies outside. These are difficult moments. What I want to give, to do, is vastly more than what I am capable of doing. It ways heavily on my mental state. If I don’t literally give myself permission to rest, it is a very difficult day.
And today is a back and forth, tug of war, battle between permission to rest and get up/push through the sickness.
An Artistic Evolution 