Empowerment.Vitality.Evolution.
Each morning we are born again. -Buddha
If the Answer is “YES”
What are you actively doing to be in that place of peacefulness?
If the answer is “NO”
Ask yourself some questions… take stock of where you are in this moment.
#beatpeace #learningmentality #possibilities #openandbrave
So, How are you feeling this Holiday Season?
Right now I’m coming down off an anxiety rush. I took 2 days off to spend with my family while my amazing Mother-in-law is visiting, and both nights I woke with panic over work! … not that I could do ANYTHING about work at 2:30 am. *SIGH*
Even when I’m relaxing, I feel like my mind is spinning it’s wheels on overtime!
Please, tell me I’m not the only one???
Yet even with my mind doing crazy things, I’m still working each day to not only enjoy the season, but find reasons to be grateful and ways to bring joy into the world around me. For example, today is busy: full of appointments, most of which appeared today (unexpected). The upside: even though I’m caring for a client (technically not my job), he’s very sweet AND his wife is an amazing decorator! I’m sitting in this beautiful room with huge windows looking out on a very soggy, wet day.
In every situation, great or small, there is beauty and gratitude if we look for it. This morning I was aggravated at a last-minute cancellation by a caregiver scheduled to take this client. Now, I’m sitting in a beautiful room listening to the rain and working from my cellphone.
I had a totally different plan for my day… but if it had gone according to plan, I’d be running errands in the pouring rain instead of writing my Blog In this beautiful space.
I know this time of year can be stressful (is stressful) with all the additional commitments to family, community, and even work. The challenge is to pause and enjoy the view: Christmas trees, lights up every where, movies with happy endings, delicious food, mail that is NOT bills.
Carve out those moments to take a mental picture that remind us how truly blessed we are! Each commitment is a testament to the people and communities YOU bring something meaningful to because of your presence and commitment to them.
#blessings #gratitude #joy #openandbrave
I’m currently on Day 3 of a migraine headache making me want to rip my head off.
How am I typing right now? Because I’m in the low throb between mind-numbing pain.
Everyone has great suggestions for headaches: lavender tea, acupuncture, neck exercises, icing neck/head, migraine meds, Excedrin, sinus treatment, caffeine… the list goes on.
I’ve tried 90% of these and I still suffer.
My answer: sleep it off. It sounds lazy, but honestly no one solution has worked consistently except REST.
Which brings me to another question… when your body malfunctions, how often do YOU find rest is the answer?
I’m not talking about real disease or illness where medical intervention is necessary.
I’m talking about headaches, pain, colds, flu, body aches and pain… your body’s way of SCREAMING at you to take a break and instead medicate to keep going. Until which point your body makes you STOP.
Why is it so hard to accept that we all, each and every human, need rest and reflection?
It seem that today rest and reflection have become “dirty” words. Action and pursuit are the only answers for success.
This year has been one of great change and goal achievement for me. It has also been a year of Listening: to my inner voice and my body.
As 2019 comes to a close and we are on the brink of a new decade, I challenge readers to reflect and evaluate where you are in personal goal achievement and personal health.
Make 2020 about BALANCE, self-care, listening to your inner voice MORE than the world’s noise on who you need to be.
Love to all.
#openandbrave
“Reflection, Realization. Resolve and Sustained Effort.” – Aaron Spelling
I love the way this article on personal growth uses a gardening analogy.
The KEY here is REFLECTION. The first, and to my observation most difficult part for people to do is Reflect. This means siting in an uncomfortable place, a situation, and reflect on WHY you are in this spot and HOW/WHAT you got there BEFORE change can happen.
Read this article.
Then find a quiet place to reflect on where you are and why. Then on where you want to be and how to get there.
Then make your plan, with steps and stages to get you where you want to be.
Then put it into action: sustained effort.
#openandbrave
https://selfimprovement1.ga/nothing-ever-stays-the-same/
— Read on selfimprovement1.ga/nothing-ever-stays-the-same/
Perfect philosophy for art journaling and LIFE!
#openandbrave
https://hootiebirdsartjournal.wordpress.com/2019/11/08/three-things-ive-learned-from-drawing-and-painting/
— Read on hootiebirdsartjournal.wordpress.com/2019/11/08/three-things-ive-learned-from-drawing-and-painting/
If you haven’t already, consider checking out The Enlightened Mind!
If you’re feeling like a puddle of goo… don’t give up! Your Butterfly days could be right around the corner!
#keepmovingforward
#openandbrave
https://theenlightenedmind622.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/caterpillars-becoming-butterflies/
— Read on theenlightenedmind622.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/caterpillars-becoming-butterflies/
I was feeling STRESSED!! Crazy employee with weird questions and/or responses to question we’re making me want to bang my head against the wall.
Then, like a ray of sunshine on this gloomy, irritating afternoon came a funny Planner Sticker to make me LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!
Thank you, Happy Planner, for turning my “frown upside-down”
#laughteristhebestmedicine #adultingishard #openandbrave
OMG!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
My daughter LOVES science. She wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. It breaks my heart when she asks, “why do people (her peers) think it’s weird that I love science?”
What has happened to our curiosity about the world and everything is it?
Thank you, Enlightened Mind, for sharing this gem!
https://theenlightenedmind622.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/all-kids-are-born-geniusesbut-are-crushed-by-society-itself-michio-kaku/
— Read on theenlightenedmind622.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/all-kids-are-born-geniusesbut-are-crushed-by-society-itself-michio-kaku/
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