Paradise Found Omaha

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⭐️ 18 years ago today I graduated from and became a Licensed Massage Therapist 🎉🎉🎉

⭐️ I started my massage career at Massage Envy making $15 per one hour massage given 🫠🫠🫠

⭐️ Bounced around a few locally owned salon/spas

⭐️ Stayed at Avant for 6 years

⭐️ Got pregnant/had my kiddo

⭐️ Went through yoga teacher training

⭐️ Worked with the magical at Five Stones Massage (now - give them a follow 💕) for 7 years??

⭐️ Opened my own studio in May of 2021 🥹🥹🥹

I have a few clients who have been with me since before Ben was born 😩🙏🏼 You’re the real MVPs 🏆

Thank you for making 18 years fly by!
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July 1, 2022

Going into this holiday weekend…
Into this overheated July…
Into this heavy-hearted world with this awareness on my mind…

Please remember

Behind the service counter is a human being
Behind the ‘lack of motivation’ is a human being
Behind the rejection
the cardboard sign
the heavy sigh
is a human being
with a story
you don’t know

Please remember

Behind the unexpected loss is a human being
Behind the flourishing garden is a human being
Behind the diagnosis
the preferred pronoun
the language barrier
is a human being
with a story
you don’t know

Please remember

Behind the forced smile is a human being
Behind the gripping addiction is a human being
Behind the pristine uniform
the stained scrubs
the super-human strength
is a human being
with a story
you don’t know

Please remember

Behind the outspoken message is a human being
Behind the painful silence is a human being
Behind the confusion
the cry for help
the dying dream
Is a human being
with a story
you don’t know
and a yearning to be loved

same as you
same as you
same as you

please remember.

© Rachel Macy Stafford 2022

Image description: On turquoise background with white, blue, pink, and yellow lettering, Rachel’s quote reads: “Going into July 2022 like this: Behind the ________________ is a human being / with a story you don’t know / & a yearning to be loved / same as you / same as you / same as you / please remember.”

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During a painful time in my daughter’s life, we had to be apart. Knowing how worried I was, a dear friend offered a way to reframe my fear.

She said, “I know you consider your daughter a Noticer, so maybe give this a try: When worry creeps up, try reframing it. Use worry as a cue to honor your child by noticing all the things she might notice. This can help you throw the right kind of energy at the pain and regain your focus.”

Honor her by noticing

For the first time in several devastating months, I believed this was not a hopeless situation.

Honor her by noticing

That was something I could do.

By using the directive to shift Worry to Awareness, I was able to connect to a hope-filled part of me, and she’s been by my side ever since.

Honor her by noticing

Those four words sustained me as my world crumbled, so perhaps they could be useful now, as the entire world collapses before our very eyes.

The level of devastation, pain, and injustice being inflicted on humanity is simply overwhelming. But what might happen if – in our own personal way – we honor them?

the Ukrainian citizens bravely defending or desperately fleeing

the bordering neighbors opening their doors

the parents and caregivers protecting their gender-diverse kids

the mother of Trayvon Martin, imploring us to keep fighting for equality, on the 10th anniversary of her son’s death

the educators and healthcare workers enduring unfathomable stress and strain to care for their students and patients

What if – in our own personal way – we honor them?

the helper

the translator

the artist

the activist

the protector

the peacemaker

the weary

the oppressed

the traumatized

the lonely

the lost

Honor them today by showing up fully in one interaction, one gesture of support, one donation, one risk, one phone call, one warm blanket, one extended hand.

Honor them by not shutting down… not turning away… not giving up on what seems like a hopeless situation.

Right now, I can’t help but think about my daughter’s tendency to stop and investigate every little thing when she was young. Every bug. Every tree. Every rock. Every sad person.

When Avery got to grade school, this tendency often got her in trouble. One day, her coach said she needed to stop lagging behind on the outdoor runs.

When I spoke to her about it, she said:

“I go slow so I can look at every crack in the sidewalk. Sometimes I spy a flower. Can you believe that? A flower growing out of cement!”

Dear daughter, I’m so sorry it took me so long to see it.

But I see that brave flower now; I see it growing from the hardest, cruelest, most desolate places known to humankind.

And I also see that I can be a part of nurturing the flower’s growth.

The flower is called Hope.

And I will honor Her by noticing.

© Rachel Macy Stafford 2022

Text in image: “I see that brave flower now, growing from the hardest, cruelest, most desolate places known to humankind.
The flower is called Hope. And I will honor Her by noticing.” -Rachel Macy Stafford

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