The World Feels Heavy...So What Do We Do With It?
Right now, the world is noisy. There are more questions than answers.
Hello Monday…
I’ll be honest, friends. I sat down this morning to write this, and nothing came of it. Zero inspiration. Nada. The world feels like a dumpster fire, and the weight of it all is sitting heavy on my chest. Maybe you feel it too.
It’s that weird sensation of being awake to everything—both the personal and the collective grief, the overwhelm, the absurdity of it all. It’s exhausting. And in moments like this, when everything feels like too much, the temptation is to check out, to numb, to go on autopilot. I get it.
This morning, I came across this passage from Mark Nepo, and something in me exhaled:
"Each life is a language no one knows."
That line hit me like a truth I’ve always known but never put into words. It reminded me that we don’t have to know everything before we live it. We don’t have to have the answers before we take the next step.
We decode life by living it.
The Myth of Figuring It All Out
How many times have we told ourselves, “If I just had the answer, I’d feel better.”
But here’s the thing—understanding doesn’t come first. Action does.
We take a step, and suddenly we see a little more of the road. We allow ourselves to feel something fully, and a hidden part of us wakes up. We stop overthinking, and life meets us where we are.
There is suffering, and injustice, and uncertainty. But there is also life happening in real-time. And that life is waiting for us to enter it—not sit on the sidelines analyzing it to death. (That’s my latest mantra anyway).
When we watch from a distance, we remain riddles that need to be solved. But when we step in, we become songs to be sung.
So, What Do We Do?
I don’t have a perfect answer for how to navigate this moment. But I do know this:
1️⃣ Move the energy. When you feel stuck, do something. Take a walk, write in a journal, blast music and dance, clean out a drawer—just get the energy moving.
2️⃣ Stay human. Talk to someone. Hug your dog. Cook a meal. Touch something real in this world that is still good.
3️⃣ Be played. You, like a flute, are meant to be played. Don’t let life harden you into an unplayed instrument. Let yourself be moved, let yourself be used for something greater, let yourself create.
Because what good are we if never played?
Right now, the world is noisy. There are more questions than answers.
Don’t forget to check out the latest episode of The Radically Well Podcast..
Sending you love and presence this week,
Rosie
P.S. If this resonates, let me know in the comments. And if you need a deeper exhale, check out my latest conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais here…