"As we cultivate compassion, and find a balance between action and rest, that wounded thing in us can sing itself back to life. It can regenerate, taking what it needs to find wholeness, to find partnership with us. It can become something that works in alignment with us to meet our needs instead of terrorizing us into spaces of neglect and lack."

This week an old Inuit tale teaches us how to pause and look deeply into the face of our fear, the face of our shadow, and find self-love when we feel unlovable.