What do you focus on?
Are you focusing on how the world is going to hell in a hand-basket? Or how so many things in your life are not -yet- what you want them to be?
IN THE FACE OF PAIN... FIND PURPOSE
This is NOT a post about finding the "lesson" behind pain.
We've all probably had the experience of wanting to slap someone who tells you, "God only gives you a cross you can bear," or "there's always a silver lining," or "what's the lesson here?" None of that is truly helpful when you're in the grips of pain.
There are certain kinds of pain that only time and healing can make better. Perhaps it's the death of a loved one; or the void of a breakup; or the loss of a deeply cherished dream.
10-MINUTE CONSCIOUS BREATH MEDITATION
It's election day today. The anxiety is reaching fever pitch and it is palpable in the air.
We're all no-doubt looking to put this election behind us, and yet perhaps more than any other election in the past, there's a good chance that no matter the outcome, a large portion of the country will be very unhappy with the result.
CREATING CONSISTENCY
I have a confession to make.
I am not very consistent about ANYTHING.
I have a stack of unfinished books in my room. I am terrible at taking supplements. I've never kept a given morning practice going for too long... for a while it was morning pages, it's also been meditation, empowerment visualizations... and for the past few months nothing.
I've known about my lack of consistency for most of my life, but it's only been in the past couple of years that I have come to fully own it.
FROM PAIN TO POWER
The quest to overcome adversity and emerge triumphant is the underlying storyline of every epic tale we love.
It's also the quest each one of us is on, right now.
Every day of our lives we are participating in the epic telling of our tale. Whether we're conscious of it or not, we are each striving to raise ourselves to a better place -- greater achievement, better health, joyous relationships, financial abundance, peaceful home... whatever it may be.