When it is a lot.

It’s a lot. 

All of it.
A lot.

I don’t even need to know what is happening in your life to know that some part of you probably feels like it is all a lot. 

Maybe even too much.

And so I wonder when we feel the too muchness of life or the world or whatever it may be…

What if we met it with less, choosing intention over reaction?

What if we met the noise with stillness?
What if we met the pressure with presence?
What if we met the demands with discernment?

What if we didn’t self-abandon, choosing emotional well-being and boundaries?

What if we didn’t numb, scroll, over-function, or people-please in response to the “a lot”?
What if we stayed present instead of trying to outrun it?
What if we chose self-compassion over self-criticism?

What if we let it be a lot without making it more, choosing courage and grace?

What if we let it be a lot without turning it into catastrophe?
What if we didn’t pile on guilt, shame, or urgency?
What if we just named it: “This is a lot,” and let that be enough?

It’s a lot. Maybe too much.
I don’t have to carry it all, though.
I don’t have to fix it all.
I don’t have to be everything to everyone in it.

I can meet the a lot with less.
I can breathe.
I can choose.
And I can be—without being overcome by it.