How Did I Get Here?

This last year as a Filipina. American. Creative., I spent a lot of time just being with myself. Having important conversations. Making decisions. Big ones…

One of the lessons I learned during my time away is what it’s like to sit with my feelings. And to not try to DO anything with them.

Through the stillness, I discovered how important it is to integrate the emotional impact of generations of trauma that have been blindly repeated over and over again. And what it means to unravel the continued denial of our true sense of self as a community.

Essentially, after all the work I did the first several years of this series, I finally created space for my heart and soul to rest and to just be. 

And most importantly, I’m learning to do it all with love. Trusting that all of this – this entire journey and all the sharing – is a wondrous labor of love.

Love for my people. Love for those who walk this path with me. Love for the friends who share their thoughts with me. And love for my Kababayan who commune in the joy of co-creating life together.

This is what I’ve been doing this past year. This is how the healing starts.

And from here, let’s see where the journey takes us.

Love you so very much,

*tesz

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