Patterns

Patterns.  There are patterns in fabric, patterns on buildings, weather patterns, work patterns and many more; along with patterns that we fall into as habits of becoming and doing.

Sometimes, we live in these patterns even when they do not create a pleasantness for ourselves.  Sometimes, quite the opposite.

What patterns are you living that you'd like to change...  Is there one?  Are there many?  Is there one that you can choose just now to allow yourself to break it and create a new pattern or way that would better serve you going forward...

Maybe; just maybe, today is the day to start letting go of the old and stagnant and start creating and building a new and better way; better program; a better pattern.

It is said awareness comes first.  So, if something came to your mind I say kudos to You.  Sit with this a bit and feel, process and engage in a better way from the gentle side of you.  No harshness or self-criticism necessary.

May you start changing one pattern that you have been living/doing and start a new one that better serves you now.

Baby steps allowed.  Giant steps allowed.  Be aware.  Be willing.  Be open and see what happens.

May good, happy change and patterns start happening for you as you find yourself open to it being so.

You just may want one pattern of doing something, perhaps, through a strict regimen, and turn it into a new doing/being/feeling as life shows up from a no pattern mentality.  Just let life flow through you and respond, from love and awareness, accordingly.  How would that feel to you...

Bothered One

I was sleeping last night and my night was filled with several times of waking up.  I'd sleep an hour and wake up.  I'd sleep 1.5 hours and awaken.   I'd sleep 3 hours and find myself waking up to thinking what a bother this felt like.

I wrote the word 'bother' in my notes on my phone.  I know I was dreaming uncomfortable things and I do not remember anything but the feeling of being bothered... and uncomfortable.

So, I find myself here now, exploring this.

What comes to me to share is many moons ago, I remember asking someone why am I always the one that has to bring up what is going on; has to be the one to try to fix things and have to be the one that tries to make things better.  Her response was priceless and a wonderful 'standstill' 'aha' empowering moment for me.

Her reply was 'because you are the one that is bothered and uncomfortable'.  Ha.  How about that!  This was surely true.

I'd like to offer to you that if you find yourself wanting to talk to someone, change something or make things better, let it be okay that you take the lead, bring it up, question it and be open to finding a better, untroubled, comfortable way through.

May you realize what it is that isn't working for you and bring yourself into it and through it the best way you know how.

May you go from bothered and uncomfortable to peace and comfort.

Tranquility

How I love me some tranquility.  Tranquility with excitement equals the best kind of adventure for me.

I love adventure of music, nature, exploration and sharing the depth of each other's wisdom.  It excites me and brings me joy.

I'm not fond of chaos as it puts my fight or flight instinct on and, sometimes, it feels like it takes too long for me to be able to turn it off.  Too much adrenaline and/or cortisol is not a comforting thing or a healthy feeling within myself.

I easily go into overdrive and my energy and abilities dissipate more quickly than I would like.  My system gets out of sync and it is like my nervous system speeds throughout my body with nowhere, or no knowledge of where, to land and allow myself to create and/or find homeostasis.

Stabilization feels like tranquility to me.  It is where I find endurance, strength, 'ableness', calmness and knowledge to maintain and live in comfortable homeostasis.

I read often to leave one's comfort zone is where the greatest amount of growth happens.  I agree to some degree.  Trying new things and having new experiences creates growth.   I disagree too.  Living life is not about living it in discomfort.  

In a state of tranquility I can see, feel, experience, live and share the best part of myself.

May you know your best 'state' to see, feel, experience, live and share the best part of yourself [if this is what you wish to do].  

May you experience experiences in the way that you connect to your own joy and easily fall into your own homeostasis ('balance, stability, evenness').  

A Perfect Storm

Is there such a thing...  as a perfect storm...

A big, huge, loud, windy, rainy, colorful, exciting storm just blew through here.  Whew.  It was the most serious since I have been here.  The energy was electrical.  The wind was strong and the thunder thunderous.

It was as perfect a storm could be.

It feels like stormy times.  It feels like big, huge, loud, windy, rainy, colorful, exciting and transformative and innovative times.  It just may be the perfect time to 'fall' into the person that you are and wish to become.

Be true to one's self.  Be connected to one's breath.  Be open to the truth of how one feels; what one desires; what one dislikes and what one needs.

It just may be the perfect time to tap into our creative selves.  A self that feels the current moment and creates all moments forward from here.  A self that loves and/or is learning to love one's self.  A self with an open mind and an open heart.  A self where we will only tolerate, buy into and produce from our greatest inner knowing and truth.

May you be your awesome, immense, prosperous, loving, receiving and giving self.

Let us share a life that supports us all; uplifts us all; sees us all and honors each other's experiences.  This just may be as perfect a life could be.

Do it your way; through love and compassion.

Cheers.  Salud.  Proost.  Sante.  Salute.  However we say it...  Let's be in it together for our best of health!

IT

Most of us have an 'it' that is in front of us just now.  It challenges us; speaks to us; wants our attention; walks with us and shows itself uniquely to us.  And - because there is no one other person on our planet like any of us - it is dealt with uniquely.

May you be aware of what 'it' is for you just now and how you are choosing to respond, or not to respond, to it.  

Some of us ignore it.  Some of us fight it.  Some of us flow with it.  Some of us don't like it.  Some of us deal with 'it' head on.

Depending on what 'it' is, perhaps, we have dealt with our 'it' in all of the ways above and in other ways as well.

Being human is having 'its'.

It is my hope that, if you wish, you are aware of any and all of your 'its' and decide to deal with it/them in a way that works best and feels best to you.  A way that allows you to not be stuck in it for too long.

May you go into it.  Stay with it.  Sit with it.  Allow it.  Walk through it.  Process it.  Let it be.  Let it go.  Be one with it.  Whatever 'it' is for You just now, may you trust and love yourself through it. 

Note:  My 'it' that brought this post about was a feeling of feeling unsafe.  I found myself saying that "I am safe in this very moment" over and over and over again [several hours] until it felt true.  It felt real.  The feeling of being safe touched me deep in my own totality of being.  It gave me the peace and feeling of safety that I was looking for and needed. 

May you get to what you are looking for and need through all of your 'its'.   

IT is On.  

Be True

With so much information hitting us.. with so many options available to us.. with so many emotions being shared.. with so many situations being blasted out through social media.. it is hard to know truth from fiction.  It is not so easy for me to know what is truth for 'them' compared to what is truth for me.

It feels very important to live in my truth.  It feels the best way for me to navigate, love, encounter, encourage and be.  I like to look at my truth as an adventure.  What truth of mine shows up to help me process 'life' into a fulfilling adventure.

This is what I am open to; to walk in and through my truth, with my greatest awareness, just now.

May you be open to walk in and through your truth, with your greatest awareness, as it shows itself to you just now.

  Our truth doesn't lie to us.

May we be open to feeling it; seeing it; hearing it; knowing it; experiencing it and processing who we are through it.

Let our truth, through love and compassion, lead us foward.

Eating Uh Oh

I want to be honest and share that I need to save me from myself today...

All I have been doing is eating.  Eating.  Eating.  Eating.

I'm home alone.  It's a hot summer day and I didn't decide to do anything else.  It is my mind telling me I am hungry.  It certainly is not my body.  My body is registering 'full'.

I believe that what I eat matters.  I believe the amount I eat matters.  I believe how I feel about myself eating matters.

It has been shown that when eating something with the feeling of guilt digests differently than eating something with the feeling of enjoyment.  It is always good to eat with awareness.

Oh, I am aware.  And, Oh, I am choosing to not stop myself.  I sure hope I do not do this tomorrow.  I find myself uncomfortable and, in truth, lazy.  Lazy in a way that I just don't want to force myself into doing what is 'right' for me today.  I want to support myself in having an off day.

It is in too many 'off' days therein lies the problem.  I think it is okay to have an off day.  I'm uncertain if this 'off day' is fulfilling.  I guess I will label it at a later time when it feels easier and I can be more true to myself.   Ha.  In truth, this most likely means that it is not fulfilling.  That I have exceeded the amount that would have felt fulfilling.  I can choose to still love myself.  The question is Will I...

May you be aware of what you eat.   May you be aware of how it makes you feel.  May you be aware of the thoughts and feelings that are occurring while you are eating.  May you be present to every taste, smell, bite, flavor, texture and choice.

Most of us know the best and the worst of what we eat.  May you choose best more often than worst.  May you choose you more often than ignoring yourself.  May you choose you over food.

May you be mindful.  May you stay in your comfort zone.  May you experience the feeling of pride because you ate what you thoroughly enjoyed and feel comfortable and good during and after the choice.

May you eat like you love yourself and may it be so.