The Holy Instant
Posted on July 22, 2020 Leave a Comment
This morning as I sat with my journal, I was planning on working through a gripe. Originally I had intended to process it, to allow it to move through me and out. The point was for me to acknowledge, name, and release the negative. With a focus on getting to the releasing part.
Yet attending to the gripe holds it here. Even in the guise of processing it through and out.
And then a miracle happened. Read More
Supercharge your morning (part 5)
Posted on July 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
“What is one thing you can do this morning to make all your tomorrows be your best yet?”
Just for this morning
it’s time to get down to it.
Stop putting off what you’ve been off-putting.
Roll your sleeves up
and get stuck in.
I’ve been meaning to do the laundry… For the past five days.
I’ve been meaning to organize the storeroom… For the past five months.
I’ve been meaning to write my book… For the past five years.
Holy wow, time is weird. I didn’t even realize that I was stuck out of it.
Ready or not, it’s time. (Spoiler alert:
Read MoreSupercharge your morning (part 4)
Posted on July 8, 2020 Leave a Comment
“What is one thing you can do this morning to make all your tomorrows be your best yet?”
Just for this morning
make space.
Imagine the time between each tick lengthens.
What will you do with that extra time?
Set to it.
Make space. Ooohhhh, what a gift. Self-care. I love the idea of imagining lengthening the time between seconds, that was new for me.
Other ways I have found to make space include
Read MoreWhat the struggle is really about
Posted on July 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
The idea that there’s beauty in the struggle has nothing to do with the struggle at all. It’s to do with how you overcome it.
We all have challenges, that’s part of our journey here in this thing called Life. Some challenges are clearly visible, others less so.
Yet it’s not about the struggle. It’s about ourselves within that. Read More
Supercharge your morning (part 3)
Posted on June 24, 2020 Leave a Comment
“What is one thing you can do this morning to make all your tomorrows be your best yet?”
Just for this morning
remember what’s past.
What moments of your life
would you like to live again?
What will you do differently
this time around?
I love this for the words, “(what) would you like to live again?” That is very different than “do-over.”
It’s not only about looking back and seeing what I’d fix. It’s also about reliving what was pleasant. And honoring what was awesome. What other fabulous choices could I make in my mind, for other bouts of pleasant awesomeness?
It’s like going back and re-reading a Choose Your Own Adventure story, and this time playing with different choices. Selecting different moves. And infinite varieties of combinations of choices and moves. The final story is more complete for having fully explored diverse options.
What is a pleasant memory? What is something awesome that you recall? With great compassion for yourself, what is a memory you might consciously relive differently in order to heal it?
gina drellack 