Breathe in the Dark, Breathe out the Light
Most of us run from pain, do all kinds of things to avoid it and sometimes the cure for the pain is worse than pain itself in the end. How can we truly feel joy if we never experience pain? I am learning to breathe in those dark, emotional, and sometimes intense feelings and breathe out the release of joy. I do not stay in either place, I just breathe. Life must have contrast, it must have decision, but it is our choice how we will approach that contrast and make those decisions. With resistance, anger, resentment, we can power our way past the pain, or gently, lovingly, with grace, we feel the pain and release joy.
“Today I will breathe in the pain and breathe out the joy, taking in the pain for myself and others and releasing joy for myself and others. This is my gift to myself and the world.”
The Warrior’s Journey
We think of Warriors as being shielded by their armor. By protecting the most vulnerable parts of their body, they stand a chance of survival in battle. But the forces we face in modern society are not weapons that armor might repel, they are most likely the words and actions of others that cut us […]
Joy
Here’s a little secret, there is no “getting there”. “There” is NOW! Right where you are, in this moment you have a choice, to choose love over fear, peace over chaos, joy over resentment. Waiting for all the conditions to be perfect to find joy is an exercise in more resentment. Because conditions will always […]
Reality
One of the greatest realizations in my life was understanding that my reality is based on my perception of it. It may sound odd, but what you are experiencing is your perception of reality, and your perception may be quite different than someone else’s! How you view a situation in your life is shaped by […]
What is Your Edge?
We all have them, that place where we just feel stuck, as if we have run into a stone wall. For me, I would usually bash into the wall trying to break it down! Never realizing there might be a door somewhere, a key to that locked place. There have been times where my edge […]