Keep The Channel Open

The Hotpot | February 2026 | By Lisanne

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We carry inside us something that can’t be measured, labeled, or compared.

Martha Graham called it the life force—the energy that moves through us that’s unique. If it’s blocked, it disappears. There is no one else to channel it as you do.

It shows up as a flicker of energy, an impulse, a restlessness that nudges us toward creation.

Some of us waste it worrying whether it’s good enough. But according to Martha—it isn’t our job to decide.

Our job might be to notice it, honor it, and let it move. That’s the only way it survives. Presence is what matters—showing up for the urges that pull at you, even when confidence or belief wavers, even when it trembles in your hands.

Belief isn’t required.
Confidence isn’t required.
What’s required is the willingness to keep the channel open, to answer the call when it comes, even if it trembles in your hands.

I recognize that there’s no end-point, no final satisfaction. That persistent restlessness is what makes life vivid.
It pushes us forward, keeps us searching, keeps us alive in ways we can’t fully predict.

That restlessness, that persistent dissatisfaction, isn’t a flaw—it’s the heartbeat of life itself. It keeps us reaching, searching, becoming more alive than we could ever predict.

So, here’s a question worth sitting with: what part of yourself have you been holding back, waiting for the “right time” to release? What might happen if you let it speak now?