Trusting My First Knowing

Witnessing

Apr 26

Written By Rhizome .

I knew immediately.

Before the thinking.
Before the analysis.

Something in me was already clear.

Yet, I didn’t say it.

I paused—not to listen, but to question. I let doubt speak louder than what I felt.

And when I finally voiced it, their response made me waver. I questioned myself.

But in reality, nothing had changed.

What I knew in the beginning was still there. Steady. Unmoved.

It wasn’t that I didn’t know. I didn’t stay with what I knew.

So I’m practicing something different.

Noticing the first knowing—before the second-guessing begins. Before the mind edits what is already clear.

Letting that be enough.

Prompt:What was my first instinct? What changed after I started thinking about it?

Your Timing