Reflections

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  1. Mica

    With the help of SIP – Sit in Peace – a 3-min daily meditation that came to me highly recommended:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LPuE3rueVY

    9 months ago
    1. Butterfly

      Dear Mica, thank you so much for posting this video. I am feeling quite lost these days and this has helped me. I am going to do this every morning. 🙏❤️

      9 months ago
      1. Mica

        You’re welcome, Butterfly 🙂 – I’m liking it too. May you feel less lost (more Found??)

        9 months ago
    2. Joanne

      Thank you for this Mica.

      9 months ago
  2. Don Jones

    There has been a practice of looking at things with an unfettered honesty, but I am not an island. I find having a conversation with a friend is more impactful.

    9 months ago
  3. Erich617

    I am looking for a platform to create space daily for myself and joy.

    9 months ago
    1. Pat M.

      Thank you so much for sharing this message.

      9 months ago
  4. Charlie T

    By attempting to be an observer of my emotions, patterns, and motivations, I hope I’m checking in on myself. Oh yeah, and therapy. There’s nothing like a second set of eyes. 👀

    9 months ago
    1. Avril

      Amen for therapy!

      9 months ago
  5. Cathie

    I find routine and practice yield more skill in many things, so adding the review of my daily pattern to my night review of the day might help.

    9 months ago
  6. orozcoj13

    In a quest for self discovery I’ve been asked many questions. all questioning lead me back to one thing, kindness. If we can add a touch of kindness we become masters of our experience.

    9 months ago
  7. Carol

    For me, it’s keeping a journal and writing a morning meditation each day. I found that my writings usually hold a bit more self-awareness than I currently possess in my daily living. I don’t out and out skillfully question myself but I do find myself reading something I wrote and identifying a challenge to my current behavior.

    9 months ago
  8. Chester

    Approach myself with love, compassion, and an expectation for slow, incremental progress, until my last breath – never too small, never too big, and never too late.

    9 months ago
  9. GR8FULL

    Leave out the negative self-talk and focus on the positive moves in the right direction. When I focus on the “dont’ s” and “why did I do that’s?”, all of the positive moves I’ve made during the day are overshadowed and my self-destructive narrative emerges.

    9 months ago
    1. Carol

      GR8FULL, I’m chuckling. Your post reminds me of a speaker at a 12-step convention. She said, “I’m always drawn to those guys who have a Tatoo on their upper arm that says, “Born to Lose.” Oh, and when all those negative and destructive messages that live in my head start jabbering, I’ve learned to put on a pot of coffee and call a meeting to remind them, I’m chairman of the board!

      9 months ago
  10. c
    carol

    trusting in myself to be mindful of what needs to be questioned

    9 months ago
  11. Holly in Ohio

    The advantage of someone else asking the daily question is that it introduces the unexpected question.

    However skillfully we might question ourselves, something valuable would be lost.

    9 months ago
  12. Avril

    “Question” is a tricky word. If it goes in the wrong direction it can sound like neuroticism. If it goes in the right way it is being self-reflective. It’s a component of mindfulness, “why am I doing what I’m doing” –as opposed to being governed by habit. It requires intentionality and self-compassion. A mindfulness practice, and there’s many of them, helps us to become aware of ourselves as we’re thinking as we’re feeling as we’re acting. This daily question, plus I do a daily goal and an internal dialogue exercise from my lineage. Journaling helps me to become present with myself as I’m unfolding.

    9 months ago
    1. Rippleffect

      I am really grateful you helped me to answer this question!! Staying in the present moment and asking myself “why am I doing what I am doing?” is going to become a personal mantra. It will immediately give me the ability to change my perception and shift my actions. Being mindful of my intuitive reaction to situations will re”mind” me to be aligned with doing things which serve me and more importantly others. Also, Happy Belated Birthday!

      9 months ago
      1. Avril

        Thank you! It has been a sublime birthday!

        9 months ago
  13. Pilgrim

    Ya know, sometimes I just want to stop with the scrutinizing and live with spontaneity, curiosity and joy. It is a new day, and each new day is a blessing.

    9 months ago
    1. Carol

      Pilgrim, I hear you. I was having a hard time with the use of the word, “skillful” in the question. Life is process not product. Go with the flow!

      9 months ago
  14. Marnie Jackson

    I guess the first step is to be mindful of my daily patterns. Once I am aware, I can figure out the whys – but often my patterns of reaction are unconscious and I am not aware of the pattern until I stop and reflect

    9 months ago
  15. Laura

    More curiosity, less analysis with a fixed goal in mind.

    9 months ago
    1. Carol

      Laura, AMEN!

      9 months ago
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