Emotional hygiene
This #thankyouthursday, I am grateful for emotional hygiene.
That may or may not be the most accurate term for what I want to describe, but, it’s adequate—and sometimes good enough is great.
I’m trying to express gratitude for a sort of hybrid of pride and relief; the aftereffects of cleaning up a mess you’d have rather ignored.
Just like physical hygiene, emotional hygiene is easier and arguably more effective when it is addressed on a regular basis. But even if an unhealthy condition has been allowed to fester for months or years, I’ve learned it is still worth attending to.
Last weekend I took on some emotional cleanup I’d been avoiding for a very long time. I don’t feel good about the avoidance, but I have compassion for the part of me that couldn’t act sooner.
And now I have acted, and I am grateful. Grateful for the courage I summoned to tell the truth; grateful for the circumstances that demanded I do so. Grateful for the support I received along the way, and grateful for whatever happens next—because it will happen on a clean street.
Love > fear,
Christina