Tag: #balance

Unexpressed

Today I heard someone say, “Unexpressed gratitude is interpreted as entitlement or even ingratitude.”

So I’m curious about this. The topic was to do with ongoing, close relationships where people sometimes get lazy in communicating what they appreciate about one another.

Does it apply in the broader scope of relating? Something to consider…

I’m taking this as a reminder to write out my thanks for the wonderful experiences (no matter how small) over the holiday season! 💛

Every genuine thank you lifts the spirt of another. It’s absolutely worth your time.

A Day For Love

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It’s a new day.  Let’s celebrate with one gratitude that first comes to mind:   No matter what large subjects may seem looming and overwhelming to us today, think of something that is going to help today be a celebration, instead of a burden.

Begin the day with a deep inhale and equally thorough exhale.  Now another.

It’s a new day.  24 hours to be a kind neighbor, supportive friend, spontaneous partner, superb parent, blessing to a stranger.  24 hours to make mistakes and then try again with a smile because YOU are here to try again!

Let us rise, smile and be our best for a life and world that needs our LOVE and attention.

 

 

 

 

To Beast, Or Not To Beast…

We humans love extremes.  So many pieces of our day are brought into the realm of EXTREME.  The hours that we work, the sleep that we get or do not get, our workouts, diets, opinions and even hydration!  These beasts seem to be living and gasping for air all around us.  Passionate inspiration and strong goals are wonderful fountains to draw energy from and with that, when is too much, too much?  How do we know when balance is needed again, or else?  Is the extreme, the ‘beasting it’, the exhaustion worth it?  I suppose there’s one question that can answer this:

How’s it going for you?  Is your body happy and can it calm and quiet?  Is your mind happily fed and also able to find peace regularly?  Are you able to look in the mirror and love your body just as it is?  Are you confident enough in your work to be able to say ‘No’ when you need to?

How is ‘beasting it’ going for you?  Are you strong from the fountain of energy or are you cracking under it’s pressure?

Your body knows.  Your mind knows.  Your heart knows.

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Photo by Cindy Weaver   Santa Fe, NM

Oops.

“Oops.”  This was said to me recently when I shared a personal belief pattern that turned out to be a long term, ‘bad habit’.  What a novel way of speaking to myself!  I stated a long standing habit that was not trusting of Life and certainly not loving to myself and humanity, and this lovely women with intense blue eyes and a empathetic, joyful smile twinkled her eyes and said “Oops.” and gave a little off-centered shrug.  As Maya Angelou says, “When you know better, you do better.”  I could bash my head in and verbally beat myself up for months and years on bad internal habits, or belief systems that ruled a phase of life….and I can also just say “Oops” and see what is true for me NOW.  Sit with that, because like any human being, I am worth sitting with for a while.  I am worth making a slight adjustment with a smile.

It can be hard.  It can also be fun and easy, especially if you are willing to smile and say “Oops.”  Practice by saying this to someone you love who is beating themselves up for a phase in life…Practice so that you can begin saying it internally and possibly quite regularly as you become that wonderful friend to yourself.

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Peaceful Waking

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This week, when waking, try to find a peaceful center before you do anything else.  Allow your mind to come into consciousness, breathe into your belly and back, feel the sheets under you, let the breath reach into your toes and your fingers, and be at peace.  Do not allow thinking to be present that would hinder your oneness with feeling. You are worth taking the first minutes of your waking day to generate calm and ease about yourself.  Bring awareness to your gratitude for the moment in which you find yourself awake.  If you have created space in your routine for stretching or exercise you can move into that from here.  If your routine involves getting up straight away to hustle, these first moments in the morning can be a grounded beginning to your day of activity.  This attention to the manner in which you wake can also serve as a base point for other times in the day that you may feel off balance.  Go back to your peaceful center whenever you need.