Do you take time to reflect?

 Good morning!!

I was on a zoom call yesterday and I am realizing....there are so many people that don't spend their time reflecting and connecting nearly enough for the building up of their aspects of well-being.

I realize that not only do I get in daily journalling, I am also in study time with my boys and then connecting with others in various communities in my life.

It wasn't always so...I was quite lonely for some time. Lacking in being surrounded by those that shared in a similar like-mindedness enough that it would help me to grow and develop in my own right. For most ALL of my life I have been quite the "outlier" in the circles I was in. At school there were few "like me". Among family friends, I was often compared against. I was quite the "Tomboy" and wasn't as into "girlie" things as much as I was about being out in nature and exploring. And my own perspective of the world, ASIDE from the things I experienced, has always been unique as well.

The stats on those that feel alone and isolated are still surprising to me Almost a quarter of the population have reported feeling lonely and isolated. 25% on average! And to think that this social "isolation" thing hasn't made it any better.

So...what do you do when you feel alone and unsupported? For me, I had my toys as friends (LOL some I still have ). I also had 2 particular "friends" I would converse with, and "one" is still in my life today (#thankyouJesus) I figured it was a good idea to get my thoughts out of my head. SO I often spoke it out when I was alone. I had a diary for a while, but that didn't seem as safe a space to share my thoughts based on the movies at the time and some of the experiences I heard about with others reading it.

I still wrote a LOT of it down though. And now, I go back over what I have written and reflect....checking in with myself, with compassion, and then building on and up from there. I saw myself. I saw and appreciated who I was, often unapologetically LOL, and I still do today. There were some moments in my life where I did let that go, and went deep into a depressive state (maybe not as deep as some of those around me) I had to REMEMBER who I was and connect in with myself again.

We do have to see ourselves in some way first in order to choose to connect outside of ourselves. That's how we know what we are wanting to connect to....that like-mindedness we all seek.

There is a word that fits this perfectly. Sawubona. Once I learned of its deeper meaning, I've continued to use it since. It means "I see you". And I want to extend an invite for others to join me in learning and "seeing" more about this and other practices over the week, and in an opportunity I will be sharing soon

So today, I will reflect on "seeing me" as I dive into my "reflect and connect" time for the week. What do your like-minded connections look like? What are ways or groups that you connect with that help to build you up and enjoy more of yourself ?

#thankyouGod #throughtheLookingGlass #Iseeyou #Iam #WeAre #madeforcoonection #oneanotherlove

Allow and accept to release what no linger serves

 Good morning!

My "words" be but images this morning. ALL pieces within the last 24 hours calls me to RELEASE and set free.

To be honest, I was feeling pretty "done" with certain interactions. I'm not alone in the "fatigue" I had been feeling. And through the grace of God (through divine teaching...), I allow and accept. Where I have been at...where they are at...and in recognizing the gift of omnipresence I look to the place and to the peace of omnipresence

#thankyouGod #DivineGifts #openup #freedom #unity #oneanotherlove #Psalm139

Veggie bowls for dinner

 Last night's dinner...bowl time!

#vegetarian #glutenfree #familymeal #vegan #wholeingredients

Show the wholeness. Show UP in wholeness.

 

Good morning!

Show the wholeness. Show UP in wholeness.

This is going to seem like it's about food, but it's not. Our lives are reflective from one area to the next. There is a connection that runs through it all.

The other day I saw this post and quote..."How you do anything, is how you do everything." And, I remember a time when I related this to my drive for excellence and my passion against neglect and half-hearted behaviours and actions and I was like "YEAH! That's it!"....And when I read it the other day, I saw that it didn't speak to wholeness.

But let's break it down just a bit...What IF.....I could take those things and attributes about what is "good and excellent" in my life and experience, and sprinkle that "glitter" everywhere in my life?

LOL it sounds beautiful and motivational...but does that feel real for you? Is there a voice in an area of your life that is saying..."Well, that's a load of CRA...!!!"

Now what??? What do you do when there is an area in your life that just doesn't "line up" like or WITH the rest of it?

Do you shake your head and keep going in the areas that DO feel good? Do you stuff it in a closet and close the door and then go on with your life? Do you start to feel that something must be wrong with you and you start trying to latch on to ways that will "fix" it"? DO you start feeling like you are a fraud because you can't seem to get his one area right EVEN THOUGH you "KNOW" what it is that you have to do and "should" just "DO it?"

Because, I will tell you, that there is a part that can just put it on and push and get it DONE! And then, there is the part that knows the quotes, read all the books, knows "all the things" and is beating you up because you aren't using it or applying it....And then, there is you.

Just you.

You are not a car. You are not a classroom model of the body. You are not a puzzle. You are not a math equation. You are not a philosophical theory. You are NOT a page, a chapter, a book. You are not a mathematical equation. You are not the facts. You are not the stories that swim around in your head.

You are.....evolving and growing....energetic, vibrational, resonating, multi-faceted/dimensional, unseen and seen in the same space....non-linear....beyond 3 dimensional....a summation of relation and individual in expression...connected, supported, supporting, explorative....radiance and reception...experience, adventure, journey.....gifts, immeasurable, priceless...the unfolding of creation...humanity....able to read and consider these very words in unseen spaces and chose how it resonates with you.....and beyond what I could ever truly describe of the awe and wonders in and of what you are...

WHOLENESS! We can't even begin to consider all of what and who we are....so we approach ourselves in parts.

Okay, so this didn't turn out to be about food That "part" I can share at another time LOL. But let US remember, as we go through our days and consider all the "parts" that make up the lives we are living, that it IS just a part of the bigger picture of ourselves, our lives, our existence. That thought alone humbles me and reminds me to have compassion for and of myself as I navigate through "parts" in my day

#ThankyouGod #biggerPicture #IAm #WeAre #greaterstill #oneAnotherLove #Compassion #LoveFirst #Moretoknow #inIncreasingMeasure #aweandwonder #considersuchthings