Give to Self

 How much you can give is dependent on how much you give yourself. Yung Pueblo 



What are you giving yourself to refresh and revitalize yourself? What are your daily habits that focus on pouring into you, into filling your cup? What do you do for your body, mind and spirit?

Do you even know?

These are the questions I now ask myself to support how I want to live. A life of balance, of harmony, of alignment with giving minus guilt, resentment and regrets.

Many of us are unconsciously living through habits- some work in our favor and frankly some deplete us on all levels. Life though, has a way of reflecting to us what  we need to know to bring us back into alignment. We have the free will to choose to listen.

When we are out of alignment and we over give, over commit, over extend and give from aup full of dregs as we say here, there will be

1. Guilt

2. Fear

3. Unmet Expectations

4. Health Challenges

5. Forks in the road to provide feedback to fill yourself up.

When we have problems giving to ourselves, giving to others is out of balance- people pleasing and fear comes to mind. Giving to ourselves is not selfish, its required. As with everything it must be in and with balance.

How much are you giving of and to yourself with and in joy and balance?

Peace and Blessings

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