I saw this little one a few days ago on my morning walk.
They were an ant, walking down the road with a leaf piece about ten times their size — one of many ants in a tidy line, all headed toward a special tree in the woods.
Some ants had tiny leaf bits. Some had enormous ones. Some were just walking in rhythm, carrying nothing visible at all.
And I thought: this is it. This is life.
Because sometimes what I carry feels like that leaf.
Too much for my soul. Too much for my heart. Too much for my body.
But the ant wasn’t struggling. It wasn’t flailing or collapsing under the weight. It just walked, purposefully, steadily, part of something larger than itself.
We’re all carrying different weights at different times. But when we move together, when we’re witnessed, supported, and part of a shared path, it lightens the load.
This is your reminder: be like the ants.
Surround yourself with people who are moving in the same direction. People who’ll carry leaves beside you. People who remind you: you’re not alone.
And if you don’t yet have that kind of community, or don’t know how to build it — that’s where coaching can help.
A skilled coach can support you not just in carrying your own leaf, but in creating the kind of loving, grounded, queer community that knows how to walk beside you.
You deserve that kind of circle. That kind of relief. That kind of belonging.
So if you’ve been walking alone too long, consider this your invitation….to find your line of ants. To rest. To connect. To keep walking, together, toward that special tree in the woods.
And to all of you who’ve carried leaves with me: thank you. I wouldn’t be here without you. 💛
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