What did I learn today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love

  Have you ever considered what thoughts camp out in your mind for longer times? What thoughts keep you company? Well, let's truly see. Here's an exercise that may sound like work, but could prove worthwhile. Write down whatever thoughts come to mind. Then start adding points every time you think about them. Tally for a week and see which thought has the highest points.    Mariel Busque What are you thinking? It is a mantra that I use as a reminder. What I have learnt is, my thoughts can create my feelings then feed into the decisions that I make, the mood that I am in and how I show up in the day. It starts with my thoughts, so when I catch myself in a funk, a bad mood, even when I am ill, I go back to the mantra "what am I thinking" I pay attention to the thoughts that are floating around in my mind and those that I am giving attention. Over the past few days my thoughts have been full of fear about how I am feeling in my body, I have been thinking only of the worst

life is so much easier when you stop trying to convince folks to live in the same realm as you. just let them be and you continue to be yourself. Tonye The country has been opening up  slowly, restaurants, coffee shops, entertainment spots, schools. The biggest conversation has been who is vaccinated and who is not, what is a safe zone or not. What is safe, what is fair.  The requirements to go to any of the safe zones as declared by the Government is a valid vaccination certificate and a valid ID.  Many people have opted to not take the vaccine for many different reasons, as it stands now they are not able to visit the safe zones, except schools. Schools remain open for the unvaccinated who are at secondary school level.  The attention and emotion attached to this conversation woke me up, I wanted to see what I could have learnt from it. I have listened to both sides, I have attempted to suspend my judgement about it all and observe. The observation has yielded some lessons that I wo

  Live fully now. The soul reveals all information on a need-to-know basis . Danielle La Porte Lately I have found myself looking for the next thing, the next event, the next task, the next project, the next day. I realized that I was doing this when someone asked me a question about what was happening  now , in a present situation and I honestly could not answer because I was not present, I was already thinking about the future. I heard absolutely nothing that was said and could not report on it. I also noticed that when I was at an event or a place, I automatically moved my thoughts to what time I ought to leave to head home to do something else, acting as if where I was at the present moment was a bother, a means to an end, something to pass the time.  Pulling myself from the future into the present time proved to be a shift in how I started perceiving everything. Being present in the moment, I was able to immerse myself into the moment in front of me, receiving the blessings, the l

  I hope you have the courage and support to: Lay Down Say No Set Boundaries Walk Away Prioritize Your Health - Dr Thema A friend of mine asked me today, how do we know when to intervene in someone's life, when we see that they are heading for a fall, a crash, a crisis? I thought about it for a while and answered  when they are ready, when we are ready, the pull will be inevitable. Keep minding our own business until then, she said that is one approach. I was a little thrown by that response - confessions on the Journey. There is always more than one way, I must admit. I never thought of another one. I still have not thought of another one. What I can say based on my own lessons is helping others or intervening in their lives, if they did not ask or are not ready, it is recipe for resentment - on both sides. We are concerned for our loved ones, we want them to thrive and do well.  We want them to be happy. When we see them suffering we want to help, to make them happy. Is that ou

  No matter what happens, or where you think an obstacle comes from, your mind will determine what you see and how you see it. If you call it a block, it’ll be a block. If you call it a challenge, you’ll see it as a challenge. If you call it a problem, you’ll have a problem on your hands. Iyanla Vanzant  What are you thinking? This must be one of the most impactful questions I have used on my Journey to Clarity. When I ask myself this in the midst of a funk and even a crisis, it stops me from making another poor move. I  am now able to take on the role of observer in the situation rather than taking mindless or harmful. Our thinking leads to our decisions. What I have learnt is, if its unconscious habitual thinking, we may dig into the past or we focus on protecting ourselves based on a memory. None of which has anything to do with the moment that we now find ourselves. When we pay attention to our thoughts, we also pay attention to our words and our actions. Our mind can race away on

We find the sacred by intentionally creating space for it.  The way to invoke the sacred in our lives is to make an intentional space where we can be present, without rushing to fill that space with anything other than perhaps an offering from nature or a small vase of flowers. Lynne Twist   The ego teaches us that things like credentials, prestige, money and worldly power are more important than love. It counsels that we are separate from others, that we have to compete to get ahead, and that we're not quite good enough the way we are. And by our thinking such things, we perpetuate a world in which they seem true. Such things such as credentials, prestige, money and worldly power refer to our external selves, and our external selves are not who we are. Once we know this, we escape that world and begin to realize that we are here to love, forgive, serve and heal. "all those fancy titles and things you own says something about you, but they can never be who you are, once you kn

  Also worth noting: “In case I need it,” is a racket. If you haven't used it in over a year… considering move it on. Other people probably need it now. Just give it away. Danielle La Porte Is there anything present in your life that you believe that you absolutely need- cannot do without?  What is in your house, your closet, your life you believe is a must keep? and more importantly is why? Decluttering, I have learnt, has more benefits than just making space in your home, your closet, your basement. Decluttering has become more than a physical clearing out, it is a spiritual process of  making room for new in my life. Decluttering is declaring to the Universe that I am ready for new. There is a readiness to move away from the comfort zone I created, an act of faith, the letting go of the familiar and control. I looked at my closet to start the process. Confessions on the Journey - I felt overwhelmed. As with life, when we view a challenge, a change as a one shot, one time event