Accepting YOU or Accepting YOUR EGO?
Ok, let’s face it. We LOVE it when everyone in our lives loves and accepts us unconditionally. That’s a true friend, right? Or is it…?
When we’re running late or irresponsible, and they don’t give us a hard time. When we’re a mess emotionally, and they listen to our “story”…over and over again, and continue to offer their support. When we’re PMS-ing (aka “being bitchy, whiney or needy” for women) or “isolating” (for men). I appreciate it when others overlook my flaws and the poor emotional states I’m in, AND still want to spend time with me, accept me and love me.
Have you ever gotten frustrated with someone, when you thought they weren’t “accepting who you are”? I’ve had that experience more than once. I thought, “Gosh, other people seem to accept me as I am, why can’t THEY?”
Then it dawned on me.
Filed under Inner Peace Strategies | Comment (0)“Meditation is not a way to enlightenment,
Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all.
It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom,
The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.”
– Dogen
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So, you have gotten clear about WHO you are and WHAT you want. You are practicing the Art of Fulfillment. You are Strengthening your Connections and Surrounding Yourself with Beauty. You are setting goals and taking action. And still life does not seem to be cooperating.
This is where ”trust” comes in. Life Is a process – with ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys. For every bump in the road, there IS a gift for you. The gift may be a ”learning”, something to challenge or strengthen you, a new opportunity, or a chance meeting (like ours!).
Life offers us gifts every day, all day long, if we choose to look for them. As we combine our spiritual connection with an expectation that ”life IS supporting our highest good”, we can relax a bit and begin to more fully enjoy our experience here as human beings.
Enjoy your journey!
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Conscious Connections: Are you FULLY Connected?
Does this sound familiar? Hundreds of items on your “to-do” list. You feel tugged in a dozen directions. The business needs your attention. You want to spend quality time with friends and family. Your body is craving a workout. Paperwork and post-it notes are piling up everywhere. Your mind wants peace of mind. Commitments. Choices. Opportunity. Conflicts in your mind.
The recipe for overwhelm is clear.
When activity is high, it can be easy to lose connection with what is most important. We may diminish the big and little successes occurring along the way. We may not stop and fully connect with those we love – enough or at all. We may set goals and objectives haphazardly, not owning or connecting to them at the core of our being. We may avoid connecting to the underlying feelings that haven’t been expressed. We may lose connection with ourselves. Whether you fit the “busy” description, or are just casually pacing through life – STOPPING and taking the time to “consciously connect” is essential to maximizing fulfillment AND productivity.
The more consciously you are connected, the greater sense of aliveness, joy and flow you will naturally experience in your life. Take inventory by evaluating how CONNECTED you are in each of the following areas. What is your next level of connection?
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There are many components to the Art of Fulfillment …
• Creating magic moments
• Noticing life’s simple pleasures – the little things and the grand
• Being grateful
• Living your values and purpose
• Focusing on what’s already great
• Growing your connections – to self, to spirit, and to others
The Art of Fulfillment is about cultivating more happiness, more peace, more joy, more meaning, more purpose – aaaaahhhhhhh, MORE life fulfillment!!!
This key is SIMPLE. Focus on creating fulfillment – and YOU WILL attract it.
What is one “magic moment” you can create THIS WEEK? What are you GRATEFUL for? You CAN find fulfillment in looking at a flower or going to the grocery store – if you choose it. Schedule a “FULFILLMENT seeking week”. All week long focus on everything and anything that’s fulfilling to you. Discover new ones and search out others. The greater your intention to be fulfilled, the more ways you’ll find to create it.
Filed under Fulfilling Lives, Inner Peace 101, Inner Peace Practices, Inner Peace Strategies | Comment (0)“Tension is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are.”
– Chinese Proverb
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Perhaps you’re anticipating a brilliant article about how to find inner peace when the harsh vibrations of weed-eaters, chainsaws and tree shredders invade your neighborhood…and your eardrums.
Well, America’s Inner Peace Coach cries “Uncle” in a sigh of defeat. I am humbled. Helpless in my human reaction. In the face of THIS “inner peace culprit,” I got whooped!!!
Maybe you can relate…
I live in a condo complex here in Southern California. Every week, without fail, the lawn maintenance team comes with their trusty weed-eaters and grass grooming devices. Each Thursday, I find myself mildly annoyed by the revving up and down of this “helpful” invention. But, it’s typically only a FEW hours each week, so I hadn’t given it TOO much attention.
But, being as passionate about inner peace as I am, and more importantly, committed to reducing suffering where ever possible…I decided to buy noise-canceling headphones as a Christmas present to myself.
I THOUGHT this would help.
And, it did…a little.
But, a big “Inner Peace Test” was coming my way.
For some reason, our Homeowners Association thinks it’s a good idea to trim trees. Why purposely scalp a perfectly beautiful tree? Seems silly. Not to mention… NOISY!!!
So, I geared up for Day 1…
Filed under Inner Peace Culprits, Inner Peace Moments | Comment (0)While fulfillment isn’t ALL about achievement, it plays a vital role that cannot be ignored. As human beings we have an innate need to be useful, to achieve, to create, to be challenged and to contribute. AND, we NEED meaningful goals.
Work and career is a natural place to fulfill this need, especially if there are always new goals to keep us challenged. When this structure is taken away (i.e. husband supports a non-working wife with no children), the people I interviewed reported “feeling a void” – and were searching for ways to create that sense of “purposeful achievement”. Over time the need to “purposefully achieve” overpowered the sense of fulfillment which came from time freedom.
How do you get your need to “purposefully achieve” met on an on-going basis? Set yourself up to enjoy the pleasures of achieving. What achievements give you the highest level of satisfaction? Set a goal, achieve it, and thoroughly enjoy that level of satisfaction in knowing YOU DID IT!
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