Held in the Making

Voice Note Journal — Reflections
Date: May 8, 2025 | Time: 5:59 PM

There was something about this image that stirred something unnamed in me. I couldn’t quite put it into words at first — but then I realized: it’s about creation.

Creation is messy. It’s formative. It’s uncertain. And still, it’s sacred.

In these hands, what’s being shaped isn’t just clay — it’s a heart. A symbol of love, vulnerability, and becoming. It reminded me how much of who we are — our emotional contours, our soft spots, even our resilience — is shaped by the hands that hold us.

Not all of those hands get it right. Sometimes they press too hard. Sometimes they let go too soon. Sometimes they sculpt with more fear than care. And still, somehow, through all that shaping… we become.

Maybe that’s what moved me most. The heart in this photo isn’t perfectly symmetrical. It’s rough. Still forming. Still soft. But it’s unmistakably a heart.

And maybe that’s the truth I needed today: that even when the process feels messy or uncertain, what’s meant to take shape in us — will.

Because being held, being shaped, being made — even imperfectly — is still a kind of becoming.

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