Each night before I go to sleep, I pick up whichever novel I’m in the middle of and read for a few minutes. It’s such a wonderful way to ground myself and create a relaxing space between the busy state and the dream state.
Just recently, I was reading a novel called, Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg. I came across a passage
If you’re anything like me, pushing yourself comes more easily than loving yourself. If you’re anything like me, giving to others comes more easily than giving to yourself. If you’re anything like me, moving quickly comes more easily than slowing down.
Does this sound at all familiar?
I just have a feeling that so many of us share this default setting.
But what I love about life is that our default settings can be changed.
This probably won’t come as a surprise to you, but I love connecting with other like-minded souls.
I love sharing authentically and vulnerably and heartfully.
I love that moment when we go from speaking at the human level and reach the familiarity of the soul level.
I’m part of several networking groups on Facebook, and while they aren’t all this way, many of them consist of everyone posting what they are selling and that’s it. Post and runs, I call them. No interaction.
We’ve all had that moment in our life where we realized that no one was going to save us.
All of our fantasies of being rescued from ourselves, our life, everything, came crashing down. No one was going to swoop in and fix everything that needed fixing. No one was going to wave their magic wand and sprinkle fairy dust over our life and make it all better. No one was coming.
And realizing this sucked. We were probably scared and angry and hurt. We may have even thrown a temper tantrum
Yesterday’s tragedy in Boston has been heavy on my heart. Thinking about those who have been impacted directly – those who have lost a loved one – makes me feel sad, angry, and absolutely helpless.
It brings me back to 9/11 – the first time my idealistic bubble had ever been burst. I couldn’t imagine that someone could fill their life with so much hatred. I couldn’t believe that someone would want a complete stranger to die. My heart broke for those who would
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