I sat cross legged in the chair that I work on most frequently. The morning sun was beating in the window and falling leaves were drifting past the windows as they gently fell to the earth. The sound of running water was a constant in the background as water moved through the buddha statue that I have in my office.  

My eyes were closed and tears were streaming down my cheeks as I tried to catch my breath. I was mad and I was hurt and I wasn’t even sure what else I felt, but I knew that I felt big emotions. I had been dealing with this conflict for a couple of days and it had just come to a head. I was taking space because I wanted to get clear on what I was feeling. 

As I took slow deep breaths trying to ground myself and my energy I felt the energy of one of my guides step into my energy field. I felt grateful for his presence and kept focusing on grounding myself.

This guide has a way of asking a single question that brings me exactly where I need to go and this day was no exception.

“Is this a hill worth dying on?” he asked.

The question was simple and so was the answer. The answer was without a doubt, yes. I was absolutely willing to die on this hill. This situation was a make or break situation for me. The clarity that this single question offered was outstanding. I had been sitting in such chaos for the past 20 minutes, but with the single question a calm came over me. While it didn’t make the follow up any easier, it made the next step crystal clear and that was all that I needed. I loved myself and I loved this person enough to have incredibly difficult conversations with them.