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Somatic Placement

How a woman becomes the gravitational centre of her world.

Marriage

On creating what's possible.

Marriage
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Marriage is a really bad idea.
I can’t recommend it.

If you think you’ve found happiness in him,
that he will make you happy? Think again.

Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.

Marriage is a really, really bad idea
unless you get that it’s not about you.

It’s about him.
It’s about making his life better than it would be without you.

If you can stand in that,
you will be known, witnessed and obeyed.

If you are willing to regulate his nervous system,
he will regulate yours.
He will give you rest.
He will give you power.
He will give you everything.

If you give him harbour,
he will be your shelter.

If you fuel and launch him,
he will orbit you.

We already didn't break up.
We stayed when it was easier to flee.
We stayed through resentment and return.
We stayed through commitment to locate each other again and again.

Today is our wedding anniversary.
Happy anniversary, BB.


Lai Yin 麗賢

Lai Yin 麗賢

Lai Yin writes about marriage, sex, motherhood, family, food, airports, driving and the work of holding a house. She lives in Europe with her husband, their three daughters and two dogs.

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