When one is assaulted, all of us are.

Emotions are intense right now......

I am an empath, and I suspect many of us are, often without realizing it.
Most people think they can take it all on, that it shouldn't bother them, that they need to hang tough.... in truth having outlets to release the energy of built up emotions is crucial to maintaining good health.

I knew I was being challenged today when I had an impulse to get my paints out of storage.
Then I thought about what I would paint, and my mind went off- I wanted to paint layers and layers of all the colors and paint off the page, paint the whole room, run outside and paint the world with all the colors and then paint myself!  
Because I... am… so....very..... assaulted... by how horribly some think that they can treat others…...

And whoosh, the floodgates opened- and I had this amazing, cathartic cry. 
I needed to release....

When one is assaulted, all of us are.

Things are heating up and we have to monitor our energy now, more than ever.

In Truth, we are right where we need to be.

It's going to be tough for a bit, but it's worth it.
The Light will win in the end.

So we stand in unity.

 But this evening I know that I must be very tender with myself.
I am an empath, and the pain that my human family is experiencing has been magnified and is being felt now, more than ever.

So please, give yourself time to find your avenue of release.
And please, be gentle with yourself.

I suspect that you are also an empath. 

And we don't need to make sense of what we are feeling- but we do need to allow ourselves to release the energy, and we do need to treat ourselves tenderly.