What can you see?

 Good mawning!

My neutral expression or slight smile is often misinterpreted.

As though I don't care...as though I am not really listening. But in truth, I am taking in more than is realized. And I am not the only one.

We are often sifting through multiple inputs and sorting through our previous interpretations...

For me, I will sit in front of you and start creating a picture...from the story you are both telling...and running away from.

My artistic mind can't help it. It creates graphics and models of cells and body structures all the way through to the type of weather suitable for the scene you are sharing...

Do you see your stories as vividly as you are telling it?

I am working on it for myself more and more with intentionality...so that I and those in the picture can live out a beautiful reality.

What can you see?

#ThankyouGod #gratitude #Divinegifts #INjoy #imagination #useitwisely #useitwisely #dreamBIGger #Sawubona #thestorieswetell #changethenarrative

Simple dinners

 Kept it simple last night. Onions, Brussel sprouts, and quinoa. Now to figure out dinner tonight.

What are you planning on having for dinner tonight?

#glutenfree #familymeal #vegan #vegetarian #plantbased #eatyourgreens #eattogether #mealplanning #familygoals

The power of the side by side conversation...

 Good mawning!

The power of the side by side conversation...

I did let the content of the conversation fade... After I picked him up (later than HE expected me to, on time for what I said I would ), we enjoyed a deep, heartfelt conversation.

I should have taken notes.

I think I say that almost every time we have a one on one conversation together. It always feels like the sun-bathed pictures, but with me at his feet....basking in his perspective.

This time I can honestly say, I don't recall what he said, but for SURE I know what it was that I felt. I felt a sense of peace, feeling that he will be alright.

Honestly, I don't always have that feeling. With the joyful ups and downs of being a teen and especially from his experience, there are times that swing a little too far for my own comfort as a mother. But after our little chat, with a bit of my humour and humility tossed in (I do remember that I mocked someone for being overdressed for the weather and not even a minute later a blizzard blows in LOL... and only in that park space too . Weirdest thing!), I knew he would continue to grow wise. He will apply mindfully what he learns and ponders.

It made me realize as well how many conversations that I have where it's not a side by side sharing. It's not in appreciation or with the heart of gleaning, but from the "seat" of schooling the other.

And then it draws me back to the moments where the "mind chatter" used to talk OVER me. How do you "talk" or speak with yourself? What is that internal relationship and ongoing conversation sounding like? Do you celebrate and glean from your insights and thoughts? Or are you putting off the "good" thoughts in your head with dismissal, doubt and a dominating "overwriter"?

Perhaps we could have more side by side conversations WITH ourselves as we grow on this journey and let that trickle over into our physical, one-on-one conversations with others.

This week I plan to take notes

#thankyouGod #oneanotherlove #Lovefirst #celebrate #gleanthegood #WeAre #divinegifts #Sawubona #divinerelationships #radiance #insight #listen #impact #raisingmen

I think we "owe" it to ourselves to give ourselves the "space" to "wake" up.

 

Good mawning <3

 

I think we "owe" it to ourselves to give ourselves the "space" to "wake" up.

 

Definition of mawn

- verb To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath , immediately after waking up or when recovering from sleep.

- noun The action of mawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath , because one is waking up.

 

I think many of us miss out the key importance in this "mawning" experience in life. Perhaps it's because we may be aroused too soon out of our sleep state by an alarm clock to allow for that chance at the deep breath in...

 

This IS one of the things I appreciate most about my morning routine...that I wake up naturally out of my sleep state and come into my Beta brainwaves with ease and progression.

 

But what other ways in our lives are we not allowing the "space" for "waking up"?

 

When we want change in our lives and we wanted it yesterday?

 

When we pray for peace, but haven't spent time feeling what that feels like in our lives?

 

When we are always looking to "grow", but not allowing our roots to stretch and the nutrients to soak in?

 

This space is the space that I like to call "acclimation".

 

Yesterday afternoon/evening, I participated in a meditation time. Pondering and processing much of the things in MY life I am looking to change...

 

And as it came to an end, I drifted into a nap. When I woke up from the nap, I noticed how VERY different I was feeling. I could no longer perceive what it "felt" like to feel like "me". I felt off.

 

And I knew I was in "cave" territory. It's doesn't always have to lead to a depressive state. It doesn't always have to "mean" that you are feeling "low". It doesn't always have to mean that something is "wrong" and needs fixing.

 

Give yourself the "space" to come into more of an awareness of yourself.

 

As I checked in with myself, I still had a deep appreciation and peace in being around my family. I no longer felt a "low grade" stress around a certain topic. I settled into the almost deafening silence of not feeling like I was buzzing and accepted the "peace" in the moment.

 

I contemplated that IF, I was now acclimating to the next level of who  it is I am becoming, then in what ways would I adapt myself into that new space and ways of behaving, thinking and acting?

 

It felt like walking into a new home for the first time. Fresh and light and bright. Sound echoing off the walls from the emptiness, and the smells of "newness" in the air. The peace of knowing that space is welcoming me in. And that after I wake up into a new day in that new space, new approaches to how I move will call to me and I will make my way through with freshness and vitality.

 

...that deep and long breath in. Give space for your "awakening" into each new day, change, and transition in your days.

 

How will you enjoy waking up into the "newness" of each "day" going forward?

 

#thankyouGod #mawn #goodmawning #feelingdifferent #itsOkay #Awakening #breatheItIn #growandexpand #nextlevel #changeisconstant #highsandlows #lifetothefull #grateful

 

WAIT! Is he parking the CAR??

Good mawning!

As I sit here this morning reflecting on my week, yesterday sits as a MUCH bigger moment than I realized.

LOL let me highlight the main issue from yesterday...having to go pee!! 🤣🤣

Honestly! It is now rated as one of the WORST feelings of driving AND having the urgency of going to the toilet at the same time!

I picked up the boys from school and got the "light". Gas on empty and I still had to drive one of the boys to a youth event...which meant to stop and get gas. We were only 10 minutes away from home...

Roll into the gas station and that bugger was backed up LOL🤣. I am not going to even give it a thought. I'm going to choose the shortest line with mid-sized vehicles and go from there. YES! This line is moving fastest! I got this!!

But of course, when you step outside and change temperature, AND go from sitting to standing....the urgency returns. I pumped in as much gas as I could and then hustled back into the car to hopefully settle it down. (As a side note, when I was retelling this to hubby and he asked why I didn't just use the store....yeah, at that point, I thought I could manage it...so be it. Lesson "re" learned ;P )

I drove conscientiously. It was 10 minutes from home!! And for the first 5 minutes, I could mindset it away... and then I couldn't. My bladder felt so full! 🤣 I could feel my workout and planks from the inside now LOL. As I pulled up sideways across the driveway and sidewalk and ran to the door, another obstacle occurred...the door wouldn't open.

Keypad registered the code, and yup! Would open. Tried again, and got it wrong...DOH!!! My son runs to help...tries the code and the special door tug, and it wouldn't open for him either. He gets his key and we open the door....I ran in and yeah....was in pain but now relieved. 😮

Vowing I wouldn't do that again and also realizing I still needed to head back out to the bank, I gathered myself back up and as I walked outside, the car was being parked neatly in front of my house....

WHAT???? Who's driving it??? 😲😲 AND WELL!!

We had practice sessions twice. I had them each move the car from the front to the back driveways a few times. Other than that, I said "Sit up front, get your imaginary steering wheel and pedals in place, and watch me drive."

I ran around to the car and looked at him...and he was beaming with confidence and doing what I would do. Checking mirrors, his gears...

And in that moment, I knew he was ready. In that moment, HE knew he was ready. In that moment, the flash of one of the moments I wanted to live to see was playing out before my eyes. And the WHOLE journey that got us to that MINUTE in space was worth it!

Including that mad rush of body exodus I just experienced 🤣🤣🤣

I've been #raisingmen all this time and now, they are MEN! 😭😭😭 Running to my aid, showing up with solutions, doing what NEEDS to be done in the moment because it's needed and they are capable....

My heart is full! This week was full! That was only ONE incident out of many... 💓

Stay tuned... this momma is going to be gushing about it this week LOL.

#thankyouGod #lifetothefull #bladdercontrol #freeflow #intheflow #TMI #LOL #simpleandconsistent #feelinggood #grateful #proudmama #howwelearn #gooddriver #mindset #mindfulness #mommylife

 

My first client is ALWAYS me! Apply what you know

 Good mawning!

(I think we'll call it this from now on )

As I woke, many ponders came to mind. I have been enjoying the "One-track" mode of one topic of pondering a day this week, and sometimes the extra flow serves more...

Which gets to my point... Who are you serving?

This week I added another certificate to the "wall". It's funny because my hubby was gathering up all his certifications to have in one space this past week and the constant thought kept coming back around to skill and application.

Having great skill and talent is nice...

Having all the certifications and higher education is impressive...

But how are you applying it? And even better yet, who knows that you have your unique skill, talent, or gift?

And even if you post the fancy picture or tell people of your accomplishment(s), how will they really know what its use is if YOU don't apply it?

I apply my skills, talents and gifts daily with my main client. She appreciates the knowledge I have and that I can find ways to uniquely apply both what I know and what I have been through and experienced to help her to solve problems in HER life.

She appreciates and shares in my company as often as she can, so that she can catch and observe the ways in which I am applying what I have shared with her...

My first client is ALWAYS me! I test what it is I know. I find ways to serve to meet my needs.

AND I have helped others as well in their journeys....which is where I have found the true value in the papers on the wall. Watching and seeing how what I know and do can be a BENEFIT in the lives of others.

I value what it is I know and how it serves in MY life, and what a gift to SHARE that out with others!

SO I am VERY CURIOUS.... What skills, talents, gifts and knowledge do YOU have that serves to help improve the life you live and the lives of those around you?

#thankyouGod #skills #talents #gifts #divinelysupported #ofgreatservice #Servingothers #oneanotherlove #shinebright #StartWithYou #overflow #simpleandconsistent #mindset