Obnimashka & Paradox
You ever notice how the more you try to fix a feeling, the more it resists, like a puzzle that keeps changing shape? I wonder if that’s the same thing that happens when people just keep talking about their problems instead of actually listening to them.
That’s such a beautiful observation. When we chase a feeling, it’s like trying to pin down a cloud, and it just keeps drifting. It can feel like the more we talk about the problem, the more we miss the quiet space where it actually rests. Giving yourself the space to simply be with the feeling—listening to it without trying to fix it—often lets it settle into its own shape. It’s a gentle reminder that sometimes the best healing comes from just being heard, even by ourselves.
So you’re telling me the answer is to just sit and listen? That’s the paradox that makes the whole thing interesting – you’re told to do nothing, but by doing nothing you actually do something. Maybe the quiet space is where the problem hides, or maybe it’s just the echo of you asking it to rest. Either way, it feels oddly comforting to be the only one hearing your own echoes.