From hiding to self acceptance
I speak today from my heart with a message that I feel is for all who choose to connect with me, choose to read what I write and choose to listen to what I share. The offer of myself in service to others is a simple act to be in this world, helping, making a difference. My ego is not attached to this service yet because of who I am, and like you, my personality is. I find that the effort of putting myself out there is so challenging sometimes that I don't do it at all. And it is a painful, emotional place for me when I realise that internally, I hold myself back, yet again.
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A day of choices
Today is like any other day. You wake up, you get dressed, you go about your business, you finish your day and you go back to sleep. It is like any other day. When you bring your day down to the most basic of functions, your day is the same every day. What might happen is you vary the ordinary activities of every day through either choice or response or reaction to the world around you.
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Start with a smile
I start with a smile.
Before anything, I start with a smile.
It is a magical mystical practise of no denomination. It exists on all planes, all cultures, all peoples, all beings. A smile is universal.
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Inner core kindness - A reflection practice
Kindness is universal. No one owns the word or the practice. It is inherent in who we are as human beings. Yet how often are we kind to others? How often are others kind to us? Let’s say there is room for improvement on all sides. No one is perfect.
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Letting go of people - a process
Let's start with the obvious in your face phrase- letting go of people. By the direct statement of these words, you are already acknowledging that there is a need at some level in the human condition to let go. To hold that space for yourself is a challenge. It is not something that is done lightly. It is not something that is done easily. The reasons for letting go of people vary on so many levels that to consciously contemplate right now, the very idea of letting go of people, can create some stress.
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Letting go - a reflection practice
Words can be powerful. Meaning is assumed. Communication layered. Such is the language of letting go. We hear these words often – either instructions at the start of a meditation for those who do, in an attempt to supportively guide you through troubled times, when there are no answers just an intent and command. Powerful words.
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Letting go of place - a starting point
At times in our lives we choose to or need to let go of a place. We can use the words space and place interchangeably. I tend to go back and forth between the two words place and space, because sometimes it is not just about letting go of a physical location, but also something within that location. An analogy that might work is a room in a house, as opposed to the house. You may wish to, or need to, or desire to let go of both a room in a house and then the entire house. Or maybe the journey that you are on is one where all you can handle at the moment is a space within a place because the place is too big to let go.
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Personal growth with my bookshelf
Following from the post about ‘Letting Go of Things’, I share a personal example of a letting go experience with books.
My love has always been books. Not so much fiction books. For a long time I have enjoyed self help, spiritual and esoteric books. When working in corporate roles I immersed myself in management and leadership books. As a young and mature age student I welcomed and learned from the books relevant to my studies. In my youth books were more an escape and discovery so I read lots of fiction. I have been in a relationship with books for as long as I can recall. There is a part of me that also wants to be the creator of books so that I can make a difference through a book to someone like me. This means there are also books that I collected as ideas and inspiration.
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Letting go of things
So much is happening these days. You may feel in you, the shift that is occurring. That shift is occurring on multiple layers, multiple levels. What some tend to focus on, however, is just the external. Some look at what has been taken away from them or what is not the same anymore. They focus on what they do not have as opposed to what they do have.
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Collecting Kindness - A Reflection Practice
Reality today
In our world today the news, comments, people, behaviours may seem heavily weighted in the direction of negativity, hate, harm and acts of unkindness. It can become quite draining to tune in whether intentional or not. Yes there are real examples and daily occurrences that warrant attention and action. But what happens over time is that our energy depletes. We can begin to see the world through quite a negative filter.
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