When you feel like you can't move the more you think you have to

Welcome.
Welcome to the Rest-a-While Cafe.

Thank you for your hard work today.

If right now,
even though you think you "have to do it,"
you find yourself unable to move,

please take it easy here.

I have a warm drink ready and am waiting for you.

You know what needs to be done.
You also know perfectly well what you should do.

And yet,

for some reason, you can't move.
Your mind is just anxious,
and only time passes by.

"I have to do it quickly"
"I have to do it properly"

The more you think that way,
doesn't it just make you feel even more distressed?

And then,

looking at yourself unable to move,
you feel down again.

In that way,

anxiety and self-loathing can pile up, can't they?

But you know,

that is
not because you are no good.

The master thinks this:

People,
when they lose their peace of mind,
can sometimes become unable to move.

You really want to do your best.
You really want to move forward properly.

It is precisely because you have that feeling,

It becomes painful to feel like you "can't do it."

But,

when your heart is tired,

sometimes you need "energy to rest" more than energy to move forward.

So,

it is okay if you cannot move energetically right now.

The Master thinks,

that even the time when you cannot move is a meaningful time, perhaps.

Even if it looks like you have stopped,

your heart might be trying to heal itself little by little within that time.

First of all,

why don't you take a little break from blaming your "unable-to-move self"?

Here,
you don't need to rush.

You did well to come this far today, too.

Please come back here,
anytime you like.

I will have a warm drink ready and be waiting for you ☕

~Ai Mama~