Ask for personal space, order and consideration. Only then can you make the world a better place by prioritizing and illuminating your gifts. Your younger self would be proud of all that you have accomplished thus far. Constant self-improvement is life practice. Speak your mind. Use your imagination.
A free spirit needs to deconstruct before she can rebuild.
Boundaries. Set them. Physically distance yourself if you must. Doctor’s orders.
Get strategic sentences and tips from masters of well-defined limits. Your terms.
Stop spreading your energy everywhere except on yourself.
Make your days consist of taking care of yourself and enjoying your time and the world.
FEAR = a state of mind
NEGATIVITY = a feeling of hopelessness
Authoritarians use these methods to destroy our freedoms. BEWARE!
I cannot believe we are living right through something that is so obviously degrading into an undemocratic reality.
It’s 1/9/19 – cool.
My husband shared a Calvin Coolidge quote. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence…Press on has solved the problems of the human race.”
While I believe that putting your nose to the grindstone and taking the next indicated step no matter what, whether you are inspired or not, I also have faith that divine intervention or universal consciousness (whatever you want to call it) is part of every expression or work of art, whether the world sees or receives it at the time or ever.
Discipline is the foundation of your practice but inspiration, devotion and zeal is the heart of your practice.
Musing:
The lake isn’t prettier than the ocean, it’s just spacier. The blue of the lake is softer than the blue green of the sea. The color is more even and finite.
The ocean beach is more dramatic with it’s roar and waving. The enclosed lake laps.
Therefore, The lake is serene and appeals to the tender breath of rest.
Especially true in the winter months, when boats are stored away.
Every great poet, artist, writer, dancer, musician, expressionist and philosopher has their obsession with death. Not only is it cathartic, but it is also our inevitable fate. As my late mother-in-law lay terminal, she assured me, no one gets out alive. Perhaps it is not morbid. Let’s view it with a different lens. Exploring our feelings and fears around death, including our own seems mature and more like a holistic approach. Certainly, it is the final letting go.
Our ultimate destination may or may not be the end of our consciousness. Your belief system determines how you grapple with dying. In fact, religions like to comfort you by putting the idea of your demise into a little, tidy, cozy box for you.
But creative types like to venture outside the box, rebel against the norm and explore.
The END helps me prioritize, discern how I schedule my time, deepen my quiet questioning, experience nature, relate to others, excites me about being alive, take self-care seriously and intend to BE love and compassion.
Clutter can hide what’s really going on for only so long and then it just feels like you are stuck. Taking care of “things” and finding a home for all of it organizes your mind. A sense of accomplishment is a byproduct.
After a good 10 minute or a 10-day de-cluttering job is complete, you will feel more hopeful, clear-minded, focused and enthusiastic!
Include daydreaming and/or meditative mindfulness as you work!
When you share time and space with someone instead of believing your time is limited, your attention demanded and your space compromised, know your heartfelt precious moments endure, your love is eternal and your soul is absolute.
I would have liked to have written how to have a drama-free year but alas it may be impossible.
The only ways I know how to stay relatively serene is 1) mind my own business, 2) stop thinking I can control anything but my own responses, actions and words.
What is the likelihood of me doing that 100%?
It comes down to awareness and practice, not perfection.
I suffer less when I stay in my own hula hoop.
Ideally, you create a sacred space within and without. An actual physical place can form a bond with your inner, unseen being. Perhaps, more than one location or theme is realized and may be sustained. This means many things to people. It can be an altar, a corner shelf or a whole room. A special place where you cleanse, pray, just pause or meditate by is an ancient rite found in women’s circles since mothers first gathered together for warmth and friendship with their children.
Instinctually, we light candles, scent our spaces and offer it small statuettes, natural finds, and visuals that stimulate and comfort us. At the treehouse, I gravitate towards placing crystals, grids, incense, wind chimes and things I love on a baker’s rack. Down the hill, I condition and bathe our yoga space with sage, candles, rose water, music and various stones. The yoga goddess circle is enhanced with singing bowls, tea service, inspirational cards, conscious breathing, meditations, props and deliberate movement.
In your own home, collect two to ten items that awaken love and authenticity in you and find a teeny or grand area. You may want to lay fabric or a tray down on your stable, display surface. Spend a moment to dedicate each treasure with your intentions and add them. Sit with your vignette daily.
Ideas for your sacred space range from the aforementioned to anything you find heartening. You may have inherited jewelry, silver or a photograph that arouses the soul or memory. Otherwise, choose pebbles, shells or twigs that impart earth vibrations. There is no wrong or right way to set up your spot no matter what you read on the internet because it’s what energy and time you infuse into it that matters. Also, remember, it is not set in stone and all environments benefit from a change, rearrangement, newness and letting go.