Tag: #livefortoday

Belief Patterns

Letting go of preexisting belief patterns has become a natural flow from focusing on ‘being present with self’ in the previous post. Not to lose the fabric of one’s self or throw ethics out the window, but to open up to the possibility that thoughts may have been hindering growth and a more full existence in the past. The object is to be fresh and fully awake for what each day will bring.

If there are beliefs in you about what you can or cannot do, if you are not open to seeing ways around or through a situation, and if you hold fast to past experiences as more than a teacher then you may be limiting your present experience.  Let’s make room for more of the good ‘stuff’ by eliminating what no longer serves us.

My child has adopted a pet lizard in the last month: a bearded dragon named Gandalf.  In watching his lizard grow we have seen some starting signs of molting.  As the lizard’s form grows, we can literally see him shed the old to make way for new; a perfect analogy to my mind in our own process of allowing our inner selves to shed as we grow and change.

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Clouds & Being There

I want real things –
live people to take hold of
to see-
and to talk to-
Music that makes holes in the sky-

Georgia O’Keeffe

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Finding the Positivity in today:

  1.  Think of the things that make you feel grateful.  This can be and is encouraged to be simple.  Is there a warm cup of tea or coffee in your day?  Can you feel your feet on the ground when you stand?  Are you able to feel the breath in your body?  Each and every moment has something for which you can feel gratitude, if you choose.
  2.  Spend time focusing on these things and minimize anything in your thinking that does not make you feel good.  If you have a tendency to fixate on problems you can practice minimizing by recognizing the thought when it comes, acknowledge it with words like “I see you there”, and then dismiss the thought that diminishes your happiness by releasing it.  Learning to use the mind as a tool takes practice and will become easier with time.  Know that you are responsible for your thoughts and what you allow to be present in your thinking.  You deserve to focus the majority of your thoughts with areas that are uplifting, tapping into an internal source which flows compassion for humanity.
  3.  Write down the things you are thankful for each day and take note of how this feels.  Try it for a week and recognize if there is a change in your ‘being’.