Y4 – Day 344 – Activity

Why is it that in repose I imagine all kinds of activity I could be doing?

Why does productivity involve showing external results?

Nasturtiums return in March 2017 – from one packet of seeds about fifteen years ago, these spicy, edible flowers keep on self-propagating.

no one asked them to re sow, they just do

Y4 – Day 342 – Spring in the Sky

I can create anything in my cabin. Like my head, the treehouse lends itself to artistic expression on the loose.

With tall sugar and California pines at every window, the nest is protected. The stellar jays, woodpeckers and robins are back, feeding at their main station off the balcony.

The manzanitas are blooming. The ladybugs are birthing. And the brook runs with liquid, melted snow.

Y4 – Day 341 – 10 Steps Conclusion

We cannot know how the metamorphosis will appear or when the miracle will occur. In a mysterious manner, the best scenario emerges, peeking its head through dark clouds. Apply the ten levels plus a,b,c suggestions to generate breakthroughs. I guarantee the highest good will materialize for you. It is the law of psychic survival. I transfer and bequeath it now to you. Pass it on.

I work through my emotions, allowing Love to help me face grief with courage.

 

Y4 – Day 340 – A,B,C

Advance and proceed through feelings from disasters, tragedies and unforeseen circumstances instead of bypassing them. It takes courage, willingness and humility to:

  • Ask for help.
  • Believe in a spiritual solution and connect to your divine source.
  • Create alchemy. By helping others, firsthand transformation takes place. Spin your own experiences into fine threaded gold. Empower others by sharing your confidence. Together with others we weave the ever-evolving, colorful tapestry of hope in a wellspring of love. Set an example for others by coming out victorious, not victimized.

Y4 – Day 339 – Steps 8-9

  • 8. Find a silver lining. Look for a lesson you may have needed to learn.
  • 9. Renew your action plan. Adjust to the new normal without censoring, diminishing, conceding, compromising, conforming, constricting or sacrificing authenticity.
  • 10. Let go. Allow what doesn’t belong to you or is not your responsibility to run its course. Let it fall away while you work on moving forward.

 

Y4 – Day 338 – Steps 5-7

  • 5. Watch. Listen. Evaluate a distasteful interaction without re-hashing. Observe a contentious or uncomfortable interchange from a different perspective. Imagine you are an outsider looking in.
  • 6. Come back to Meditate before breakfast, lunch and dinner as a schedule or re-engage in a daily morning ritual. Give yourself clear, delineated structure for contemplation. Ruminate to help you get to the miracle part.
  • 7. Acceptance is key. Get back to core values you listed on January 2nd’s questionnaire. Keep your focus on what you want more of or want to create instead of obsessing about loss or the past.

Y4 – Day 337 – Steps 2-4

  • 2. Reach out and speak to people you trust. Commiserate, vent and sob with good friends. Seek an experienced professional therapist or an established group of survivors. Find a safe place to express your feelings without judgment or limits.
  • 3. Write about your most destructive, ugly thoughts and throw away your ranting into little tiny pieces or burn it. Punch a pillow. Cry in the shower or the rain. Shout, scream and rave with wild abandon.
  • 4. Open, don’t shut down. Be willing to allow the wonder of life to enter again, gently and without a trace of guilt. Invite the light to shine on your darkness. Use prayer. Release a chuckle. Crack a smile. Just a smidgen to start.

Y4 – Day 336 – 10 Steps to Get from Here to There – Intro

From upcoming book:

Ten Steps to Get from Here to There

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde

Feelings cannot kill, they only feel that way. Climb out from the dark, cavern of fear with the following ten steps. They will lift you into the now. If and when you fall into desperation, take the next suggested paces to the other side; from anguish and discouragement to revelation and inspiration. Use this skill set to rise above your sense of hopelessness. They will endow you with spiritual muscle tone. The list of ten guidelines and the a,b,c tips are filled with practical pointers derived from my own experience. Feel free to add whatever works for you, as well.

Use this next time you are in an emotional quandary or existential jam.

  • Allow yourself time. There is no timeline to working through turning points or life changing events. People who urge you to “get over it already,” either directly or insinuated, are shallow and intolerant. Clueless to your pain or modus operandi, they have no right to tell you when you need to be past a death, an illness or other momentous (to you) occasion.