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Y5 – Day 170 – Welcoming in Fall 2018
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Author Archives: Cecilia Steger
Y5 – Day 169 – Job Titles
As an educational cheerleader, the purpose of my work is to inform and encourage; to help others to flourish and expand their horizons.
As a healer, I serve others by listening, guiding and supporting.
As a yoga/meditation instructor, I consider myself a relaxation expert. My mission is to de-stress women so they can contact their inner wisdom and sanctum.
As a housekeeper, I call myself a domestic goddess. My goal is to keep our home orderly and make it a welcoming, comfortable space.
Y5 – Day 168 – Ocean vs. Mountain
Both the crashing, splashing of waves or waterfalls and forests (especially pine trees) emit negative ions. Negative ions deter depression or the blues. Therefore, negative ions actually uplift your mood. That’s why even if you are grieving, sitting on a beach or hiking in the woods soothes your soul.
Personally, I need the stillness I find by a mountain lake surrounded by trees. The beach is alive with noisy commotion and sometimes stirs me up, albeit positively. But a forest full of conifers alive with birds, squirrels and chipmunks dining on nuts and seeds, instills an innocent serenity I treasure.
Y5 – Day 167 – Follow Your Heart
When a life choice or direction feels dimly lit, change the scenario. Take what has enhanced and informed you and leave the rest.
Sitting around and reading are precious stolen moments. Making an appointment with self to write or edit for two hours straight and uninterrupted is a dream come true. Every morning as the sun rises in colors of your favorite sherbert flavors, you too can journal or stream write.
Y5 – Day 166 – September Evening
September brings cooler mornings and evenings. Or, at least we hope so. My little teapot set was a birthday gift. Two Kava teabags steep for my nightly sleepytime ritual. Beyond, a variety of birds visit the pine tree feeder. Inside, two dogs lie sleeping.
Y5 – Day 165 – Irony
What a paradox that loving, caring and accepting yourself actually makes you more attractive to others and more available to be of service to others and the world at large.
By understanding you are not a freak, flaky or a failure by any means, maybe just a super sensitive empath, you can embrace yourself with all of your limitations and glorious gifts. Only then can you protect yourself even from your own damaged self-limiting beliefs.
Y5 – Day 164 – Invisible Connection
When we are in a state of limbo, we scratch and try to crawl out of the dark hallway or give up entirely to stagnation.
If you are under the influence of another’s powers or under the duress of fear, you will stay in that position. If, on the other hand, you claim your invisible connection to the divine, profess responsibility and affirm your own potential, you will enter into a state of rebirth.
Cut the ties that bind you to any dysfunction.
Keep in your thoughts what makes sense to you and leave the rest.
Y5 – Day 163 – Applause vs. Internal Integrity
You add a notch to your belt with a course, certification or goal. But when you chase the feeling of being revered or looking good you end up making yourself and others miserable.
Your ego stops the flow of light and information into your brain. Ego is faithless.
In contrast, when you humbly act in service to survival, thriving and passing it on, you are working outside your superficial ego.
You want applause yet you would be better served by the intention of letting go of outer embellishments and concentrating instead on inner healing.
Remain honest with self even if it’s not pretty or saintly. And, remember there is a difference between selfishness and self-preservation.
Y5 – Day 162 – Listen to the Heart
Absolutely every time I listen to my ego (thoughts of power, prestige and pocketbook), it affects my relationships in a negative way.
Every decision or choice made from my ego gives me grief.
Whereas when I follow my heart, I say, do and act exactly as I believe is the right way for all concerned. Perhaps that means I let go, give in or pardon something or someone.
Listening to my heart, I grace mine and other’s paths.
Y5 – Day 161 – Trudging On
When frustrated I become outraged with myself but I cannot allow that self-indignation kill my wish to do, go on and create. I must trudge on.
I look around and see I have so much to do, organize and distribute. This is why less is more. This is why excess brings people down and it clutters up their minds and lives. I have more massage and aromatherapy oils, books, perfumes and clothes than any one woman can handle.
How about you? What could you pare down?