I feel really inspired by those who live fully and embrace each moment. Even the ones that suck!
The only prison is the mind and the only one who holds me back is me. That is the truth for me.
My daughter is going through some crazy teenage angst thing and I just get to sit and watch her figure it all out. She has such capacity for joy and yet she chooses to feel unhappy...and I just don't get it! It is driving me crazy...only when I think about it too much. (I promise, I am really trying not to think too much about this and just show up being a loving and understanding mother. Not that I think I am doing such a great job at that, mind you. I am just making an effort.)
Every time I think that I am stuck it is just a moment that I am feeling my own fear. I am simply standing at the edge of my next unfolding here in this life. I guess I must find it scary, when the reality of my life seems to be that the only constant in it is CHANGE!
I really wish that I could just be outrageous, larger-than-life, "in your face," and out there, all the time. That would only mean that I was just being me. And yet, I can't seem to do that consistently. I think that maybe I am really going to have to do things now--not waiting for some magic moment--even though I am probably going to do them badly at first. I guess there is so much about life that is all about practice, Practice, PRACTICE! :) I am never going to get better at anything without actually engaging in these activities that seem to push my buttons. So what if I mess up?
I am rethinking some things...releasing the old b.s. that no longer applies and no longer works for me.
I am saying yes to vulnerability, to exposing myself in all the best ways (!), and becoming more and more fully present in all my moments.
May 20, 2009
May 18, 2009
More Opportunities to Say Yes...
I'd really rather be happy. I am learning that while I used to prefer being heard or being right, I would rather choose happiness. So now when I make my choices, it really is about what I need to bring me happiness. I may actually make some of the same choices, I am just coming from a different place--my heart!
I believe that being serious is a disease of the soul. I know what happens to me when I start getting serious. My focus narrows, I begin to think about me and what is wrong, rather than what is right or good or positive in my life, and things get heavy and spiral down from there. And there is just so much for which to feel grateful, so why not change my focus?
New opportunities are showing up...and while I don't yet know the outcome (do I have to?), I do hold the intentions of good things showing up and everything working out beautifully, easily and gracefully. (I think inviting in grace would be a good thing since I am now finding I have very little in some areas of my life!)
My shoulder and wrist have been feeling uncomfortable and I am finding that this is another invitation to slow down and be a bit more present with some different things in my life. Yoga is wonderful and it will be waiting for me...and right now, other things need my attention. I have had to give myself permission to switch gears. I am saying yes to new things, saying yes to learning myself in new ways and I am saying yes to being gentle with myself...it is a different way for me to be right now. And I like it!
I believe that being serious is a disease of the soul. I know what happens to me when I start getting serious. My focus narrows, I begin to think about me and what is wrong, rather than what is right or good or positive in my life, and things get heavy and spiral down from there. And there is just so much for which to feel grateful, so why not change my focus?
New opportunities are showing up...and while I don't yet know the outcome (do I have to?), I do hold the intentions of good things showing up and everything working out beautifully, easily and gracefully. (I think inviting in grace would be a good thing since I am now finding I have very little in some areas of my life!)
My shoulder and wrist have been feeling uncomfortable and I am finding that this is another invitation to slow down and be a bit more present with some different things in my life. Yoga is wonderful and it will be waiting for me...and right now, other things need my attention. I have had to give myself permission to switch gears. I am saying yes to new things, saying yes to learning myself in new ways and I am saying yes to being gentle with myself...it is a different way for me to be right now. And I like it!
May 17, 2009
Latest Good Thoughts
"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. ~ Henry David Thoreau
"The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people." ~ Leo Tolstoy
"Your body knows how to be healthy and happy. All you need to do is cooperate with its wisdom." ~ Alan Cohen
"The only gifts worth giving or receiving are those that expand when they are given." ~ Alan Cohen
"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter." ~ Source unknown
"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." ~ Buddhist saying
"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." ~ Mark Twain
“Time spent laughing is time spent with the Gods.” ~Japanese Proverb
"The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people." ~ Leo Tolstoy
"Your body knows how to be healthy and happy. All you need to do is cooperate with its wisdom." ~ Alan Cohen
"The only gifts worth giving or receiving are those that expand when they are given." ~ Alan Cohen
"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter." ~ Source unknown
"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." ~ Buddhist saying
"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." ~ Mark Twain
“Time spent laughing is time spent with the Gods.” ~Japanese Proverb
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