Hi ,
With all of the mayhem in the outer world it is so important to note how we are really doing ... yes in our internal world.
It is so easy to be pulled from one piece of input to the next.
I heard at one point we have over 5000 inputs to our awareness in a day...
so at any moment 'where is your attention?'
We can check in with ourselves to see how we are doing/being and what might make the moment better - more enjoyable, more peaceful for you.
Without this check in internally we constantly are buffeted by the winds of external circumstances and mostly react from subconscious, automated responses and if you are stressed - they are often not pretty .
It just takes a check-in with yourself - do you need a breath, water, food or perhaps to move physically - maybe a self re-assuring hug?
Take a moment to be responsible for your energy and take care of you!
And you'll be more holiday ready to shine your light.
This season becomes very full and super speedy as we try to fit in all our holiday activities.
And yet this season is really all about the light within and shining in this festive season - no matter your religious or spiritual affiliation.
We shine best when we take care of ourselves.
Take a moment check-in - what do you need? how can you give it to yourself?
Certainly taking an opportunity to slow down is almost always rejuvenating:)
Why not join me for a Somatic Stretch class - deep breathing and stretching by relaxing not reaching.
It starts with stopping - to connect with ourselves, to bring peaceful thoughts to our minds, to shift our energy to one of a peaceful nature.
Register here for next weeks' classes.
Meanwhile I am grateful for the opportunity to share these simple soulful solutions for inner peace and leave the Desiderata below for your comfort in these tumultuous times.
May peace be with you.
In gratitude,
Wendy
Wendy Weir
Visionary Leader, Inner Peace
Desiderata
This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published.
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
by Max Ehrmann ©1927
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