Softness as Power
Day 3 of Coming Home: A 7-Day Devotional Journey to Beauty & Pleasure
The world told you to harden. But your softness is sacred.
There is a strength that doesn’t shout. A power that doesn’t dominate. A resilience that doesn’t need to armor up.
This is the power of softness.
Of breath. Of openness. Of staying in your body even when it would be easier to leave.
You weren’t born in defense mode. You were shaped that way. Taught to stay vigilant. To keep your guard up. To flinch before the world could hurt you. And that has served you when it needed to. There’s a wisdom in the body’s ability to protect and preserve.
But your body also remembers a different way.
A time before the bracing. A self before the tension. A softness that wasn’t weakness, but truth.
Today, I invite you to return to that softness. To unclench. To rest. To lay down the invisible weight.
When Inanna - the Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, and fertility - journeyed to the underworld she laid down her crown, her robe, her jewels. She knew none of these things could come with her into her rebirth because none of it had actually been her to begin with.
You, too, can lay down what you no longer need to carry.
Softness is not collapse. It’s receptivity and deep wisdom.
It takes immense courage to continue to soften.
It’s the fertile ground where pleasure, beauty, and truth take root.
Your softness is not something to fix. It’s something to honor. You are not too tender, too sensitive, or too much.
You are the soil, the stars, the wind, and the ashes of rebirth.
Let yourself soften into the holy truth of that.
For Day 1 and 2 of this series, click here.
With love + devotion,
Montoya Miller
The Muse’s Altar
Journal Prompts:
Where have I hardened to survive?
What part of me is ready to soften, not as giving up, but as coming home?
Ritual: Breathe Into Softness
Find a quiet space. Lay down or sit somewhere supported.
Place one hand on your belly, one on your heart. Close your eyes.
Breathe. Slowly. Let each exhale be a release. Let each inhale be a soft return.
As you breathe, whisper to yourself:
“I am safe to soften. My softness is sacred. My softness is strong.”
Stay here for a few minutes. Feel where your body is still holding.
And ask, gently: “Can I let go, just a little?”