We live within a perpetual rise and grind.
Some spring out of bed while others choose a slower approach to getting started and hit the snooze button countless times until they have to get moving.
It is a less taxing experience when you only have to move yourself and remember to feed the cats before hitting the door. However, the demands upon stage managers attending to dawn dog walking duty, while moving spouses, tweens and teens yelling last minute reminders yet still rushing to make yourself presentable is especially tough on the energies.
My experience was the latter. At times, I found myself squinting as my family tossed their breakfast dishes into the sink and dashed out the door, that is if they didn't miss the "Big Yellow" which in turn left me running late. And I could have sworn my washer and dryer were actually making clothes.
"To be whole simply requires paying attention to oneself." ~ Gary Hopkins
As a counselor, I take a holistic approach to supporting clients, addressing their concerns from the threefold perspective of mind, body, and spirit health, encouraging them to engage in self checks for personal well being.
When I performed my own self check-ins, I discovered that the most pervasive emotion I experienced was anger. A brooding just below the surface that always caught in my throat.
When I performed my own self check-ins, I discovered that the most pervasive emotion I experienced was anger. A brooding just below the surface that always caught in my throat.
"True healing will only occur when we are acknowledging all aspects of ourselves."
~ Kate Reardon
To conduct a quick self check-in to determine how we feel each morning assists us in setting the tone for each day. Most issues presented have roots in hard core resistance to the acceptance of reality. The truth is mornings are hectic, so are afternoons for that matter. Knowing this and accepting this can help bring balance to our habit of resisting.
The familiar serenity prayer comes to mind. Knowledge and acceptance of the difference between the things we can change and those things we cannot is the path to peace and freedom.
"Renew energy, revive strength." ~ Laila Gifty Akita
You have a right to well being and if you are not at peace, start on the inside to figure out why. When you wake each morning, engage yourself emotionally. Breathe deeply into the current experience of self and accept what can and cannot be changed.
Keep breathing and embrace the clarity that will come and enable you to take right actions in addressing your needs grounded in reality based expectations.
Ground yourself in the truths of your experiences and seek clarity from there. Invite the necessary peace that encourages your threefold personal well being and determine to "be well".
Balance is not an option.
Does your approach to your daily rise and grind have you out of balance?
How are you setting the tone for your day each morning?
What are the things that can be changed in your life? What are the things that cannot?
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