Control

Catherine Marie — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:45:42 +0000

As our times are changing so drastically, I find myself trying and I say trying to control what is outside of me more often than not. You may ask how this is connected to “What’s right with me,” and I’ll share with you this: first of all, I believe in living what I bring to the table so…

Now that I’m working on another layer of letting go, letting God and letting others be, I find myself relieved because I don’t have to take care of everything. I never had to, I just thought I would… or had the illusion that I did.

I find that the more I come into my own self, I meditate on me and what’s really troubling me, I’m finding that if I pick or address someone else’s shortcoming I am simply ignoring what I need to deal with within myself. A few ideas that are working for me and may work for you are:

Make it a point to meditate at least once a day. (five minutes is a good place to start)
When I’m ready to point a finger or let someone know my disappointment, I:

Bring this back in and ask myself “what is this really about?”
Am I being honest with myself?
If I was taking care of what is bothering me within myself, is the issue I have with another really what’s happening?

These questions are helping me to stay “real” and in alignment with self. I also recognize that the more I come into my “self,” the more solid, more fulfilled I feel and am able to stay in a place of joy and gratitude.

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What’s important to you?

Catherine Marie — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:08:23 +0000

As we face these economic times we are being asked to really
look at what is important to us. Where we once found our security in our
exterior worlds, we now get the opportunity to look deep inside to see what we
are really made up of, to look deep within ourselves to find our own validation
as we can no longer be validated by our exterior motivators, jobs and/or people
as they seem to be changing quickly giving us the feeling of unreliability.
Where do we go from here you ask?

We start be evaluating where we are, what truly is important to
us and continue to ask the question, “Is this taking me closer to, or away from
what really matters to me?”

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