I am beginning my 10 day 314 mile race across Tennessee and I don’t know if I will be able to posit these every day. They will be on Facebook though. If I can’t connect enough to post here during the race I will upload them after.
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Daily Gratitude
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Daily Gratitude: If you’ve ever tried to meditate but think it’s useless since you end up with more thoughts than when you’re not trying to “still your mind” (ha), then try this. Many people tell you to imagine you’re a mountain and all the thoughts you’re having are like clouds flowing past you, the mountain. This works-sometimes- for me. But sometimes a thought or two just hangs out over the mountain and doesn’t move. I’m sure you’ve seen that when looking at a range of mountains. So, I was thinking of my addictive experience on Amazon where they show “more” books all in a row and you can see them when you swipe left. If you want to to see more about one book, you can click on it instead of swiping. But I look at my thoughts when trying to meditate as “oh that one is interesting but I want to see the one next to it and oh wow, there’s another…and another. All i need to do is keep swiping.” That way you can acknowledge you had this thought and then swipe left to het to the next one. Try this if you have issues with “too many” thoughts.
Daily Gratitude
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Daily Gratitude: Courage is not the absence of fear but moving forward in spite of it. That’s not an exact quote but it’s close enough. Can you take that leap? The lights are off and you don’t know what’s ahead of you. Maybe it’s good and maybe it’s not so good. Don’t let the need for certainty rule your actions. I did that for so many years of my life. But recently, I’ve allowed myself and my actions to be ruled by (or actually guided by) what it is I want. I started this daily call two months ago with great trepidation, being afraid of being laughed at and “stoned by the masses” (figuratively not literally). And some days I have felt “stoned” (no, not like that). But then I look at my actions and take responsibility for whatever happened and ask myself how I can change – how I can change myself, not the others. You know you can’t change others, right? All we have to work on is ourselves and that’s a good thing because there’s plenty of work to be done with that alone. Be brave, do something you really want to do, even if you’re afraid. You won’t know how much you like and learn from it until you try.
