Tag: You have power
Gratefulness
Balance – Yin /Yang
Everything in the world can be described as either yin or yang. Cool/Heat, Night/Day, Earth/Sky, Feminine/Masculine
Acceptance
“I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.” ~Sheng Yen
I try to follow the dictates above as I find this process helps me work through the many challenges in my life. The one I struggle with the most is “Acceptance.”
When I cannot accept myself or the problem that is challenging me, then the next steps of dealing with it and letting it go can not happen.
Accepting and not interfering with the natural essence of nature, you will find it heals itself. It’s the same with us. When we allow ourself to be, to accept this moment or challenge no matter how hard it seems, we can begin to heal.
We all seem to be happy to identify our thoughts and what the problem is, but rarely do we want to identify or accept what the event reveals about us. Whenever I was confronted with a challenge in my life, I began to notice that feelings of frustration and anger came to the surface and I wanted to give up immediately.
These are the feelings that we need to face and acknowledge in ourselves because these are what are limiting us from moving forward and discovering our true potential.
When I started to see a pattern, I began to question why I wanted to give up when I felt challenged. I realised it was fear. Fear of being vulnerable and exposed and fear of not being good enough. It takes time to understand ourselves and sometimes we need guidance from others too, so be patient.
Once I accepted this and started to work at changing the limiting beliefs I had about myself, I was able to move forward and change.
Resisting the pain and not facing who we are in the pain, only prolongs our healing.
Become aware of the feelings that surface when life challenges you, because when you identify these patterns and face them, you can begin to practice letting them go.
We all have parts of ourself that we don’t like or don’t want to see and yet, facing those parts of self through meditation, counselling and stillness, you will begin to understand how to work with them rather than against them.
“The greatest challenge in your life is discovering who you are, the second greatest is accepting what you find.” – author unknown
Choices
“And I found that I can do it if I choose to – I can stay awake and let the sorrows of the world tear me apart and then allow the joys to put me back together different from before but whole once again.” – Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Do we realise the power of choice we have each day? Do we understand the impact of those choices for ourselves and others each day?
To deny we have this power of choice within us, keeps us from growing. It keeps us from moving out of destructive relationships and disappointments and from letting go of conditioned life patterns.
Generally we stay in this place of pain because we are familiar with it and fear of the unknown or change, seems too difficult.
“I want to know if you’ve touched the center of your own sorrow, if you’ve been opened by life’s betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.” – Oriah
During the grief of my son’s death, I learnt I had a power of choice. Each day when I awoke to the agony, pain and grief, I had a choice to lie in bed all day and slowly deteriorate, or stand up and make myself do things that would get me going.
People often say, “They cannot make that choice” but that is because they do not realise they hold this power within them already and the reason they cannot connect to it, is because their minds are too busy to understand it.
“I want to know if you can see beauty even when it’s not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.” – Oriah
To connect to this amazing power of choice, we must slow down our thoughts that overwhelm us during times of distress, grief or disease. Our minds are powerful tools to work with, so in order for our minds to be still, we need to train them daily.
Meditation, Yoga, breathing, walking are all-powerful disciplines that help us connect to the source and the more you practice these disciplines, the more you will understand and see these choices.
If we want change in our life, we must have a willingness to embrace the challenge to move through the uncomfortable and into a trust of the unknown. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten. Living knowledge, ancient and yet ever new, is then activated and released from within every cell of your body.
In tapping into this power, you will start to see positive results and begin to feel confident in creating a new direction of hope and abundance. Take time to look deeply within yourself and find the treasure to all your needs.
In the wise words of Mahatma Ghandhi: –
Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviour.
Keep your behaviour positive, because your behaviour becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
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