My Medicine
Writing and bravely sharing!
An email hit my inbox from Beth Kempton yesterday, and it came at the right time! I’ve been thinking about how I’d like to share my writings, what to write, and how to write in a way that nourishes others as I step into 2025…not thinking hard about it to dig for an answer but letting the question hover in my consciousness and allowing the answer to reveal itself organically over time and in layers.
Beth asked the question: “What is your medicine and how will you offer it to the world today, this year, this lifetime?”
Below is my reflection to this question from last night.
I don’t think my medicine is one particular thing. For instance, I’ve noticed that:
People enjoy my peaceful presence and want me to stay around longer. They might tell me they feel relaxed when they’re around me.
People feel comfortable telling me whatever is true for them, even if it unexpectedly makes them cry. I think it’s because I am open and not afraid of many emotions so they feel safe sharing what is on their heart and mind with me.
People have said they want to hear my story and journey (and would read my book if I wrote one) because my path is not like the typical Asian millennial. It gives others permission and inspiration to do something that might be adventurous too!
People like that I listen and reflect back what they say in a way that gives them a new perspective. I’ve been told this feedback when working with some of my coaching clients.
Or perhaps it’s just me moving about this world in the slow lane, listening to my body, and choosing the next step for myself that feels the most expansive, joyous, and grounding.
Most of the time, the medicine I offer is intangible, unseen, unmeasurable by scientific standards. It’s felt.
No matter which form my medicine takes, I know it will always spill out in the way it needs to to my family, my friends, my community, and the world. As long as I live with the utmost authenticity to what is most alive in me in every moment (today, this year, and this lifetime), that in itself is enough.
Whether it impacts one person or many is beyond my control. The only thing I can control is choosing to stay true to me. The best medicine heals not only others but ourselves too!
Turns out the answer can be so simple :)
My Commitment
If I answered this prompt today, different words may flow out but the essence would be similar. Over the next month I want to do something that feels both exciting and a little daunting — write every weekday excluding holidays. It could be a simple paragraph or pages of words. Then, I want to bravely share it with you — it could be a sentence or the whole thing. I like to write and have a million things I could write about that swirl about in my head…maybe it’s time to bring those thoughts to life, put them into words, and share my medicine with others!
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