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🦋🌲 Stillness Is Strength: A Reflection on Healing, Rest, and Becoming

Looking back at this image years later, the moment feels even more intentional — especially when I imagine the words “You Are Loved” gently added to the scene.

🦋 The Red Admiral is still. Not weak. Not finished. Just resting. With those words present, the stillness no longer feels empty — it feels supported.

⬛ The dark tones of the wings once spoke to me about hard seasons: stress, grief, illness, exhaustion. Now, paired with You Are Loved, those darker shades feel reassured. They remind us that even in our lowest-energy moments, we are not forgotten, dismissed, or unseen.

🔥 The red and warm orange markings glow differently with those words nearby. They feel like a quiet promise — that vitality is still there, that healing is already in motion, that love does not wait for us to be “better” or “stronger” first.

🌲 The cedar branch becomes more than a resting place. With You Are Loved present, it represents safety. Grounding. A place where it’s okay to stop and breathe.

Looking back, I realize how powerful those three words would be for anyone who pauses with this image:

🧘‍♂️ You don’t need to push today. 🌬️ You don’t need to explain your fatigue. 🛑 You are allowed to rest.

This image, with those words added, gently says:

✨ Strength can be quiet ✨ Healing can be slow ✨ Stillness can be sacred

🦋🌲 And perhaps the most important truth this photograph now carries:

❤️ You Are Loved — not after you heal — not when you’re productive — not when you’re strong

…but right here, in your pause, in your recovery, in your becoming.