MENTOR

You are one whether you realize it or not.  There is always someone watching, a sister, a daughter, a friend.  

The question is, what are you mentoring?  

I’m not talking about your actual actions but the tiny, subtle betrayals of your body.  How you hold yourself, how you speak up, or don’t, whether you listen or whether you’re too busy thinking of the next thing you’re going to say, and are therefore dismissive of the person sitting in front of you.  

Are you angry and anxious all the time holding your body tight, your shoulders around your ears, your arms close to your body?

It’s exhausting to live like this, and it’s not what you want to mentor because it makes their journey and yours much harder than it needs to be.