Breaking Through

Humpday Haiku

11.19.2025

Thin ice on the pond.

Water moves, barely noticed.

Leaves trapped, can’t break through.

I see the leaves pressed against the transparent layer of thin ice. They look like they really want to get out; like they don’t belong beneath the ice but got stuck there as things froze over. I know that feeling.

I’ve not been showing up in the spaces I’ve been occupying. Not fully. I’ve been keeping myself small because I thought I was too much for some people in the room to handle. Sometimes that was true. So folks never got the benefit of any wisdom or insight I could have shared. We all lost out.

Holding back has become too uncomfortable. It doesn’t fit. If we’re going to be on a team, if we’re going to be at the table, we need to be ready. We need to be in sync with ourselves and with whatever the work is. We need to be fully present and able to manage whatever comes at us. If we’re fragmented we’ll struggle to show up with all our greatness.

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“When the student is ready the teacher will come.”

I have been the recipient of many divine epiphanies guiding me to wholeness. A whisper will come to confront me on what I need to do. Someone who has been in my environment suddenly shares something I needed to hear. Finding my right fit has been a process. Lots of learning, unlearning, reframing and reconstructing. I’ve trusted the Holy Spirit whispers and synchronicity moments leading me. They remind me to walk in the gifts God gave me. It’s a much better fit.