Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Daily Spark: Big Feelings
I am feeling some big, hairy, uncomfortable feelings today! What are some of your healthy coping strategies? Breathe, movement, journaling, meditation . . . I have used them all today. Because when I feel the feelings, pull out my toolbox, and move forward, I can shine around the dark!
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90% Reaction!
If “life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it,” as Charles Swindoll said, how can we work to change our reactions? I find that when I focus more on the stories that align with the intentions of the life I am desiring to create, I shine so much brighter!
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Daily Spark: Accepting Compliments
I sometimes find it hard to accept compliments, do you? When I allow myself to know that I am enough, and that I am deserving of good things, I am so much more likely to reach for my dreams, and to shine.
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Daily Spark: Favorite Form of Self-Sabotage
Do you know what the ‘favorite form of self-sabotage’ is? Procrastination! But once we carve a task into smaller pieces, and get started, magic happens. The universe moves too, and momentum builds.
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Daily Spark: Holding Space
I sometimes find it a challenge to hold space, love someone where they are, and detach from outcomes. I believe it to be true that you can’t fix someone who doesn’t want to be fixed, but you can ruin your life trying!
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Daily Spark: Bedrock Love
Today I choose to look at those people in my life who have offered me unconditional love and support; who’ve been the bedrock for my life. Can you take a moment and honor someone today, with a call, a text, a card?
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Lighting Up the Sky
When we are our authentic selves, daring to shine, daring to reach for our dreams, with the highest intentions, we can be a beacon of light for someone else. Because “the truth is you never know whose sky you’re lighting up, simply by being yourself.”
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Daily Spark: the Only Prayer
I know a lot about Gratitude and a Gratitude practice, but I don’t always practice it and have the experience of it. Eckhart Tolle said, “If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough”.
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Daily Spark: Run Over if you Sit
I found a fortune cookie that stated that even if you are on the right path, you’ll get run over if you sit! I have found that to be so true. Real power is in the NOW, taking what actions we can, today, from where we are!
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Daily Spark: Everyone in My Life
If, as Louise Hay said, “Everyone in my Life has something to teach me. There is a purpose in our being together,” what are some of your relationships wanting to teach you? I have found relief when looking at relationships through this lens and looking for those parts of me that need to be healed.
Got any book recommendations?