I’ve been meditating every day for the last few weeks. It’s been amazing and I definitely feel better when I’m done. One day I took my blood pressure before and after and it was much lower when I finished. Today I kept seeing a bear. So random. Then I remembered that while in Sedona I bought an animal-speak book. I looked up the meaning of seeing a bear…
Inner potentials are awakening. Trust your own unique rhythms – not those of others. This will bring you the honey you seek. ❤️
The ideal purpose of your life is that you are grateful – great and full – that you are alive and that you enjoy it. – Yogi Bhajan
Some days are hard to be grateful and you have to dig deep.
I love that the buzz word in 2019 is self-care. I’m seeing it everywhere and it gives me hope. With cell phones and social media, the world is moving SO FAST. Everything is expected in record speed. Do you remember before cell phones? Before everyone could reach you everywhere??
I love the self-care movement. It’s so good to nurture yourself and your time. When we do that, it allows us to slow down and think more clearly.
Today my self-care is taking a quiet moment, lighting a candle, enjoying a hot cup of coffee and reading today’s quote. The quote comes from a box of quotes that I bought while in Sedona. I love that it reminds me of being in one of my favorite places.
Even something so simple that takes 5 minutes for yourself can make all the difference in your day.
I’m grateful for this moment. I am great and full.
What are you grateful for today?
XO
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original. Whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) You will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. -C.S. Lewis
This can be hard for creatives. We judge ourselves so critically, we never think we are good enough or that other’s work is better. When we speak our truth and create from the heart, ignoring all the negativity or judgments, that’s when the magic happens. That’s when we become original.
I’ve struggled with this, finding my voice and being scared to use it…to truly be me. I’ve had controlling people in my life, trying to hold me back. This year as I continue to write and grow, I’m confident that will fade away just like C.S. Lewis says…without me even noticing.
Have a great weekend and BE YOU.
Listen to your heart and your gut, not what others tell you!!!
xo
There’s something about February that makes me feel lighter, like a heavy fog lifting. January is a hard month for me. Anyone else? I feel pressure to start the new year with a bang, to set new goals, work harder, do better. All while reflecting on the previous year. The good and the bad, what I want to change and do differently. Part of me loves the feeling of the new year, starting fresh and all the new possibilities. At the same time, it’s almost too much. How do you find a balance?
This year we decided to travel. We are very fortunate to work from home which allows us the freedom to live anywhere. We left Minnesota and spent the month of January in Sedona, Arizona. Changing my views, being able to spend more time outdoors in January, getting more sunshine, and having fewer distractions helped me find balance.
BUT…I’m also reminded that it’s a state of mind. The same negative voices haunted me. The same pressure.
That’s the answer!
If I could talk to my younger self, I would tell her over and over to find her happiness. Don’t cave to the pressure of others, don’t do what you think you “should” do. Do what makes you happy! When you do, it will fill you up, allowing you to be a better, more complete person. It’s not selfish if that runs through your head like mine. If you give and give and give, you end up with nothing. Nothing for yourself and nothing left to give.
Find what stirs your soul! Try different things until you find YOUR thing. Try and fail, try and fail, try and fail until one day it’s all clear. That is life. No one has a perfect life or has all the answers. It’s never a straight line to success, it’s a wobbly messy line.
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©What Stirs Your Soul
She was.
It’s the middle of the night. She can’t sleep. She lies awake and her demons haunt her. She tells herself over and over to let them go. She prays. She dozes off then jolts awake. The recurring dream. Panic. Sweat. Heart racing fear. She takes in deep breaths trying to slow her heart, she wonders if it might actually beat out of her chest. She tries to swallow, her throat sore from trying to scream. She remembers. She was in the air, flying across the room and then….the explosion, her body breaking, emotions scattered into tiny pieces. She remembers his hands imprinted on her chest. She wraps her hands around her chest giving herself a hug.
She takes a deep breath and realizes she is still on this journey.
She remembers.
She was.
She is.
She is tenderly picking up each shattered piece, giving it love and putting it back in place. She knows that part of her is stuck in this moment. She is going to heal. She is going to finally release it.
She is finding herself. She is learning to listen to her soul. She is finding HER path.
She is learning to trust herself.
She is in a room with beautiful, inspiring women. She is going to write her story.
She started.
She is.