As I know theres no wrong or right answers is a nice was of allowing us all to feel we can say anything we want. But we all know how thats not always ok. I guess this is the safe place to be able to do so. Being forced to write down the times in our life we felt most connected is like going to the gym. Don't really want to go but once I'm there I'm fine...usually. I'm always tempted to put myself down for what I didn't do and less apt to pat myself on the back for all that I've accomplished. I feel like I'm working my way back to the" happy place". Life's tragedies seem to have taken a front seat for so long it's changed who I am. Not a bad person, but not the go getting, fun loving person everyone used to love to be around. I'd rather just stay home and be alone sometimes rather than go out and have to put on a show.
Today, being my birthday I reflect on how it used to be so much fun, so many friends calling and singing (horribly lol) is getting less and less with each passing year. I remember in younger years I celebrated throughout the month because everyone wanted to show their appreciation and love for me that I and dubbed the month Motober. That was the same year it rolled into Movember! So many friends, so little time! Where do they go as we get older? And then I realize, they may be feeling they're own struggles. Not that they dont want to or they forget but they're just like me only with familes and extended familes, how can they find the time? It makes me feel better understanding I'm not alone, and I'm not the only one who struggles with the changing of responsibilites with each passing year.
It is my turn to take charge and understand we're all in this together. The gift I now have and the responsibility to be there as challenging as it may be is to be well and not take things personally. I have this to offer (MP)! I have shared this program with quite a few people who I think may gain strength in using these tools for a more peaceful life...and those that will say "I'm just too busy". I understand that bringing myself back to those days when I felt an true sense of self and love within will be and always has been my gift. I just got lost for awhile. I truly can understand the connection and why I'm here, I just need to be disciplined in encourage myself to not be afraid.
Maureen
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Maureen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for such an honest and heartfelt post. I have a joke about how we are our most brilliant and magnificent beings the moment we are born and that we spend each day making what one was so natural become a little more difficult each day.
But that can be one's experience if we do not learn how our little negative experiences "cheat" by elevating their frames of awareness to the top of our awareness shopping list. Soon, if unchecked, our awareness shopping list is filled with things to avoid and we live our lives avoiding particular events. Our challenge is to return to a state of ease, where we can recall our joy for living and return to a state of being where we are busy creating joy in our lives, rather than avoiding fear.
And this is where the forces of community have great value. Mental Pilates is a community of people who strive to promote the basic concepts of Mental Fitness and health and wellbeing. Mental Pilates is a place where people will happily sing bad Happy Birthday wishes and value your vision of being a healer.
Great post and welcome to the family!!
Andy