(Some language ❤️)Listener question via IG DMs-"I listened to your podcast this morning (as I always do) and I can't find it... the love that is supposed to be there and wash over me.  All I feel is sadness, to the point where my heart aches all day and I want to curl up on my bed and just disappear.  I could just give up but there is a strand of something that keeps me here.  I keep writing, I keep listening.  How do you do it? Be sad and still feel love?" My written response- "I asked a similar question to Krishna Das while on retreat.  I was like, Love is here, BUT, so is my shit lol.  He said, "it's not your shit." It's not your sadness. It's just sadness, rolling through awareness.Rolling through Love.Hold fast to Love.This is the work. It's healing everything. Thank you for journeying with me."They replied-"Oh man!!! That really resonates with me Nikki."In this episode I shared a few of my favorite permission slips (that I've shared in previous shows), like my 'greatest hits', lol... the practices I return to again and again when sadness comes to visit.  Today's Quotes:In English we say, "I  am sad", but in Spanish it translates as, "I have sadness", and in the Tibetan language it translates as, "sadness is here".  Can you feel the difference?" -Ram Dev (Dale Borglum) I Love you and I'm with you, Nik nikki@curlynikki.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings)