That's obvious..yet pretty profound don't you think?!
The more you listen...the more you hear.
I was feeling very overwhelmed by the end of yesterday. I am on the verge of tremendous changes and I think the sheer volume of them overwhelmed me! I felt scatter and well...overwhelmed!
Today is a new day and I have been "listening" all morning. I received two e-mails that were about "just being". One said you should just be for a day and the other e-mail talked about practicing stillness. To my surprise I found that I was doing both. I had stopped the chatter from the outside. And I was listening for what I needed.
My sense of overwhelm is almost gone...replaced by a sense of calm. From a place of calm I can view what needs to be done from a place of peace...not chaos. From a place of peace I can be reasonable and take steps that need to be done to accomplish what I need to do.
And while watching me spin in chaos can be entertaining...I find I usually end up in the exact same place...a lesson I have learned from endless spinning over the years. I hereby declare my spinning days have come to an end!
Here's what I have done today to regain my sense of calm:
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for every cup of coffee I have... I am drinking two glasses of water
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take time to be quiet, mediate and pray
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connect with people I love
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read a bit
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remember a time that was challenging but today makes me laugh!
I feel anchored again in today and not overwhelmed by what's ahead. I continue to be delighted and quite frankly surprised at what appears when I need it! I am more than delighted to realize many of the resources I need are already within me!
Before I go I have to tell you about the challenging time I thought about this morning. One of my nieces lived with me off and on for a good part of her early life. It was not easy for me, for her or for her mother, my sister who was in the Navy. One particular time my niece, who must have been four at the time, was being quite the little pistol!
I had enrolled her in a new day care. As I dropped her off the first day...she put her hands on her hips and announced to the entire room that I was her aunt and she hated my guts! I simply responded that I would be back at 5 PM to pick her up!
This morning for some reason I thought about that and laughed and laughed. I texted my niece about it and she said karma has worked it all out! Her daughter makes her pay for that all the time! Ah...the circle of life. :) Yeah gotta love it!