Reclaiming​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ What Feeds Your Soul

It takes time to remember, after constantly stretching yourself thin, what really sustains you. Things like constant giving, the endless accommodating, and the effort to keep everything balanced can make you forget what real nourishment feels like. Life tends to go on without your active involvement, and instead of doing what you really love, you live out your obligations. You move from one task to another, and though you may still look put-together on the surface, your inner light is slowly fading.

Exhaustion of such a kind occurs only once in a lifetime. When it moves beyond the realm of the physical and touches the soul, it becomes a hunger not for food or sleep, but for life energy. Slowly, you start noticing the things that used to bring you joy, e.g., a melody, the scent of fresh earth, or the simple pleasure of doing something without purpose attached. It is a slow revival and an acknowledgment of the fact that life can be more than just a series of tasks and duties.

However, making room for what once gave you strength is not just a matter of sprinkling some fun and enjoyment into your routine, but more often than not, freeing up space is associated with letting go. You cannot free up space that needs to be filled if the spaces continue to be packed with things that drain you. Letting go of what had once been a significant source of your life, stepping away from what had once been your identity because it now demands too much, takes a considerable amount of courage. There is regret in that, but there is also a tender new beginning within that grief.

It’s not about quitting everything that you have or changing your whole life overnight, but it’s more like bringing back the nutrients after years of leaving the soil barren. One can start with small steps, like lessening the things that weigh one down, and in simple ways, taking up those things that support one.

At​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ times, you might even question the difference between what had been your source of nourishment and what could actually be coming up. That in-between or transition space is very unsettling, but again, this is the very spot where you begin to discover what truly livens you up. Most of the time, the body grasps the truth before the mind can articulate it. When a thing is good for you, it will make you feel that your shoulders are relaxed, and instead of the old strain, there is a certain ‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌lightness.

To make room for what truly nourishes you, you must also allow yourself to receive. If you have spent years giving to others, to responsibilities, or to obligations, it can feel uncomfortable, even embarrassing, to focus on taking care of yourself, yet this is precisely what revival requires: a continuation of your own renewal, without the pressure to repay or justify it immediately. Taking in what energizes you is recognition of your connection to the vital life force that still seeks expression through you, finding new ways to flow and manifest.

There will be times when it may appear too challenging to come back to what supports you. You will find yourself falling into old habits, getting caught up in the continuous flow of things. It is normal. Healing is not a straight road. The important thing is to be aware of and accept the invitation to life.

Gradually, life stretches open again, colors sharper, sounds clearer, moments heavier with presence. You feel your own joy stirring, fragile but undeniable, like sunlight slipping through clouds. The weight that once pressed endlessly against your chest begins to ease. Nothing becomes effortless overnight, yet moving through the world no longer feels like carrying a storm inside you.

So, if you are at this point, not being sure of what still has meaning or of where to start, why don’t you take that smallest step that reconnects you with your own life force? One act of nourishment, no matter how small, is enough to make the whole thing different. Life starts to flourish once again when you allow it to be your source of sustenance in return.

The ability to be replenished is still within you, lying just beneath the layers of fatigue. You only need to make space for it, with patience, intention, and without explanation, because nourishment always waits for an invitation.