If there is this place in your mind where you are free of all the weight that you have felt burdened by and in that place you are fully alive, confident, loving, allowing, kind, compassionate, trusting, bold and all of the other ways of being you can imagine for yourself...
...and if you feel like there is much work to do to be there, that there are too many things "in your way", parts of you that need fixing, pain or stuck ideas that need releasing before you can be there...
...it just occured to me that the energy put into fixing and trying to release might be better used in practicing the opposite. I mean, if you practiced enough the being fully alive, confident, loving, allowing, kind, compassionate, trusting, bold and all of the other ways of being you can imagine for yourself, pretty soon it would be easier to be that than to be forever trying to fix yourself, forever believing that the pain or stuck ideas need to be relased first.
You don't need to wear yourself out trying to fix a false-flawed self. Take a breather in the practice of being totally okay. In this moment. Now. (does your mind start to explain itself? does it try to justify the discomfort?)
Bless your heart. Bless all our beautiful hearts.
The morning showers outside in the early sunrise are stirring up the deep thinking parts of me that want to be totally satisfied with exquisite beauty of each moment and the possibility (reality) that I am an integral part of that.
Bless you!! It completely makes sense...but you're right, my mind does start making those darn excuses right away. I will try, though, to live in the bright place in my mind and heart where good things are and step away from the dark and doubtful spots! xo
Posted by: Jackie | May 15, 2012 at 08:36 AM
Beautiful--thank you for these wise words today. I needed to hear them...xo
Posted by: cindy o'leary | May 15, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I like the way you think.
Posted by: Kathryn Dyche Dechairo | May 17, 2012 at 05:49 AM
Living in appreciation and joy is so healthy for body, mind and spirit. But sometimes wounds do need to be addressed and healed or they will keep popping up in life in another form. Balance is essential. Live in joy. Love who you are, but do not ignore the common pains that are tapping on the door. They may lead to a trail clear back to childhood, a seemingly innocent mishap that caused a hurt and a wrong belief. Uprooting and freeing that wrong belief will bring peace and reinforce the present joy.
Posted by: amanda | May 22, 2012 at 09:12 AM