Your sacred space

Daily Gratitude: There is a sacred space inside of each and every one of us. You may not be aware of it, especially if you’ve closed yourself off to your emotions, or if you just keep so busy that there is no calmness in your life.

You have to be quiet to enter this space. In IFS (internal family systems) this is where you’ll find the Self – the true you without judgment or condemnation. There’s no fear in this space. That, by itself, should be reason enough to go within, seeking your sacred space.

It can be frightening to try to find it because you don’t know what muck you’ll have to wade through to get there. Many things in the past are frightening but the key in this journey is to remember that those things are in the past. The past has no real power to hurt you. It’s how you view and interpret it. That’s where the power and fear come from. Remember the 2 arrow theory and keep that second arrow in your quiver

Can you take a few minutes to just sit quietly and see what comes up? What you feel and how you feel? If something begins to feel scary, try to sit with it and see if you can get to the other side of that fear.

Keep on sitting there just observing what pops up inside you. It’s not all meditation- it’s an attempt to simply be quiet and open for a short period of time.

Daily Gratitude: Maybe instead of saying “why me?” You could consider saying “what medicine is in front of me that I need?” Or “what lesson am I supposed to see here”?

Ivey mentioned before how much I don’t like telephone calls due to my childhood experience. But a week or so ago, I received a text from Chase indicating I had contacted them. I had not. Needless to say I was concerned that someone was trying to access my account. Without hesitation or thought, I picked up the phone and endured the unbelievable process of trying to reach a human being. As I was pushing this button and then that button, I began to think about the massive change in me that allowed me to make the call. I was shocked. Happy but shocked. It’s taken a long time to get to that point but it happened by having opportunities for making calls stuck right in front of my face for so long. That made this event significant enough (strong enough medicine) for me to face it head on.

What are some of the things you’d do anything to avoid? What “‘medicine” is hidden within?

Daily Gratitude: Chaos! Our country is in a state of chaos right now. I feel it and I imagine you do too. Do you feel helpless and scared? I do. But I also know that it is not doing me any good to wallow in it and be a news junkie. Sure it’s important to know what’s going on and I think too many people have their heads in the sand….but…..it’s our responsibility to take care of ourselves too. And that means to find and do whatever we can to calm our nervous system. One of the best ways to do that is to help others. There’s volunteering or just helping someone on the street. Or just helping a neighbor or someone you see in a store. I’ve used this quite before (i think) but it’s one that we should continually refer to. Lots of people making a little bit of noise will eventually become a deafening roar. So speak up, stand up, act out, encourage and support those you believe in. There’s a reason all those annoying texts come in asking for “JUST $5 or $10”. If you get 100 people JUST giving $10, you’ve got $1000. Be a mosquito in your life but do it as you are also taking care of yourself and not overtaxing or overstimulating your nervous system. If you do that, it will short circuit and you’ll be like a mosquito that flies without paying attention and runs right smack into one of those bug zappers.