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๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ธ๐ท-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง '๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ', ๐ช.๐ฆ. ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ
I like thinking about physics. In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, people are shown their insignificance in terms of the universe. This makes them go insane. As much as I love Douglas Adams, I could never see this happening to me. The fact my life is tiny takes the pressure off. It's restful.โฃโฃ
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In midwifery, we have no such luck. What we do is immensely important. But I have something that may help you relax into it. I was reading a new physics paper suggesting they may have found the universe's mysterious โdark energyโ. It might be the stuff thatโs in black holes. Physicists suggest this because the amount of black hole stuff and missing energy in the universe is the same. This means these scattered black holes could be linked to each other and how the universe works.โฃโฃ
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Like with the black holes, I think our own mysterious energy wells are linked. Weโre all in a vast system together. Doing some work to become a calmer, happier person in practice changes the whole system, and when that energy is passed along, every midwife is a little better off. If someone is struggling and their mass becomes heavy and abusive, that pushes the whole system away. Our universe starts flying apart.โฃโฃ
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I find it reassuring that human systems, made up of connections and relationships, match the basic realities of the universe. Do your bit, work on yourself and practice, and know that will impact the system as a whole. But also, you have limitations. You are one of many, so if youโre feeling dodgy one day, that might be nothing to do with you but instead down to the system dragging you down. Is this depressing? I donโt think so. I think itโs true. It keeps us on track with boundaries, and the old prayer, '๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.'โฃโฃ
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To your needs,โฃโฃ
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Ellie.โฃโฃ
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โฃโฃโฃIn part I'm writing this series to help launch my new book, โBecoming a Midwife: A Studentโs Guideโ. It's out 23/2/23. โฃโฃ
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