Over the many years that I have been studying how to
navigate through life from a realm of peace and joy, I have picked up many
tools along the way that have greatly assisted this journey. I have learned that leaning upon my own fear
based thoughts do not serve me and now have a wonderful “go to” bag as it were
to help alleviate any angsts that I may come across on this sojourn. Today I would like you to look at your own
personal tool kits, your trusted go to methods that help you out of an
unpleasant feeling that you may be going through. Do you even have a tool kit?
When others view me, they see a strong, capable, confident
person that stands before them, vibrant and gregarious, practical and a little
bit scary. Peel beneath those layers and
you will find sensitivity, vulnerability, a few insecurities and many moments
of self-doubt. However, it is the tools that allow others to see the former and
not the latter. Even as I embrace ALL of
me, the many facets of my existence, I try to peel through those layers so that
I can reveal my true self, a loving, compassionate, forgiving being of light,
this is the place where I wish to reside all the time, this is my goal and my
purpose. Irrespective of any career or
financial goals that I have personally set, this ideal trumps all the material
aspects of my existence. So I ask again,
do you have a tool kit and more importantly are you using it?
To help you answer this question, your tools should enable
you to try to clear any anxiety, to help alleviate fearful thoughts and to
centre your thoughts to one of peace. If
we allow our egoic minds to take over, then we are indeed out of balance and
stepping into the realm of chaos. The
purpose is not to repress but to learn to live in peace with the ebb and flow
of life. For me, this week has
definitely been on the ebb and I have had to use many tools out of my kit to
restore me back to balance.
For example, when I
am fearful about finances I use gratitude from my tool kit and make a mental or
written list of everything that is truly wonderful in my life, even the
smallest of things gains my attention, like the first sip of my mochachino in
the morning, or the warm hug my daughter gives me. When I switch to a mode of gratitude, my soul
feels light and unburdened by the constricts of my mind.
Through these writings, my hope is to give you a few tools
with which you can use when you feel out of balance and to ascertain which ones
actually work for you. These tools build
up the mental muscles required to live
rather than to exist and now I know I could not live without them. Top of my list is meditation, prayer,
journaling and affirmations, these are essential for my mind and my soul, then
yoga and zumba for my body. The trinity
and the use of the three parts (mind, body and soul) is deeply rooted in the
annals of time pre dating Christian doctrine.
It is however essential to cultivate these three aspects. Unfortunately,
we tend to lean to the body as the first point of call, but it is to the spirit
and the deep connection to the soul, which desires our attention, because,
ultimately therein lies our freedom.
Have a balancing weekend.
Nameste (I bow to divine in you that which lives in me)
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