I am a turtle and you can be too 🧵

This is for people who feel more like magpies, or fragile insects, or herd animals, and want a change of pace

It's ok to not be interested

It's ok to not understand

It's ok to be slow

This isn't about winning the race against the proverbial hare

It's about not running races that you didn't sign up for, whose prizes you don't want

It's more of a felt sense, an embodied way of being, than a set of ideas

A practice: Imagine that you've got all these feelers extended all around you, some even stretched out miles away... start reeling them in

Reclaim them. Let them rest & be recycled. Some of them are really worn out from long years of constant vigilance. Maybe they'd like to try being a piece of turtle shell, instead. Solid, calming, nestled up against your body. Content.

If you do this really thoroughly, you might get a phone call from a relative, asking if you're ok. Why, yes, you are. Better than ever, in fact