How many of you out there only slow down when you get sick? I know that is true for me. (Though I am still surprised when what I consider really busy people tell me they can't believe how busy I am.) I said I was bored once last year and I shocked myself. I don't think I've said that since I was in my 20's. We are talking decades.
Low and behold, I got sick for a week at the end of March. I read two books, watched 5 movies, and still had plenty of pondering time. I hadn’t written anything for this blog in over two months. My “Musings” blog consists of thoughts I quickly right down when inspired. I need space to be inspired, and I hadn’t been giving myself that space.
After sitting around for a week, I came up with about 5 topics, many of which I have already posted.
The experience reminded me of the power of giving ourselves time—time to ponder, to rest, to grief, to play. When I give myself that time, I am continually surprised by the benefits I reap.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
When is enough, enough?
My friend hit it on the head. “It is not about being ‘special’; it is about worth.”
How many of us desire to be special, whether it is through a partner, our friends, our job, our art, our possessions, or something else? When we want to be recognized as special, we are actually asking to be seen as worthy.
How many of us need ongoing reassurance of our worth? All the evidence we accumulated in the past is either not acknowledged, not seen as “true”, or forgotten…by us.
When is enough evidence enough?
It is enough when the “evidence” comes from our own self, rather than from others. How does that happen? I wish I had an easy answer. I know by pondering the questions, we create openings for our own answers. Answers that *will* be enough for us.
How many of us desire to be special, whether it is through a partner, our friends, our job, our art, our possessions, or something else? When we want to be recognized as special, we are actually asking to be seen as worthy.
How many of us need ongoing reassurance of our worth? All the evidence we accumulated in the past is either not acknowledged, not seen as “true”, or forgotten…by us.
When is enough evidence enough?
It is enough when the “evidence” comes from our own self, rather than from others. How does that happen? I wish I had an easy answer. I know by pondering the questions, we create openings for our own answers. Answers that *will* be enough for us.
Monday, May 3, 2010
What happens if there is enough?
What a radical concept.
Many of us unconsciously believe if another person has an abundance of love, money, friends…whatever, that means we won't have enough. How would our lives be different without that thought? Too often, when another person has what we feel we lack, we get envious, angry, or simply judgmental. We ask "Who are they to be so rewarded?" What we are really asking is, "Who am I to not be so rewarded?"
How would our lives be different if we rejoiced at another person's good fortune to have what we desire? That might be a path to knowing we are enough.
Talk about a radical concept...
Many of us unconsciously believe if another person has an abundance of love, money, friends…whatever, that means we won't have enough. How would our lives be different without that thought? Too often, when another person has what we feel we lack, we get envious, angry, or simply judgmental. We ask "Who are they to be so rewarded?" What we are really asking is, "Who am I to not be so rewarded?"
How would our lives be different if we rejoiced at another person's good fortune to have what we desire? That might be a path to knowing we are enough.
Talk about a radical concept...
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