Much better!
Oct. 17th, 2011 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabrinamariWoke up with a clearer head and heart. It's useful to encounter small road blocks: they force you to look at what's in your way and climb over them.
Many things this weekend functioned like useful roadblocks for me: the household grumpiness motivated me to make a clean sweep of my space, and now I feel grounded in order instead of chaos. I made some long-overdue phone calls, even though I felt overwhelmed by them, and they all turned out OK. I thought through an unexpected communication issue and feel more centered as a result. I also updated my paper calendar in preparation for slowly transferring to an electronic one. Been dreading that forever, but the end result is excellent. And bullet points are back. Gods, what would I do without the capacity to make lists? Even the parental stuff earlier in the week was useful. Now I know what I need to do to stay on track with my family. And in 10 minutes, I'm off to the gym. Finally!
Obstacles are useful. They force me to push forward.
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Sweet sweet sweet: I also missed my mastermind call on Sunday, which forced me to sit down and hone in on my current goals this morning. This reminded me that I've made no progress on calling John, my future coach, into my schedule. Deciding to change that probably assisted me there, too. First thing I did when I walked into the gym was to march up to John and tell him what I'm planning to do. I'll start training with him sometime in the next eight weeks, hopefully sooner rather than later
I've always been suspicious of the common Wiccan wine and cakes saying: "May you never hunger...May you never thirst."
And today, it's clear to me why that is. If you are never hungry---literally or metaphorically---you'll never be forced to reach for what you want. If you're never thirsty, you'll never feel gratitude for the sweet balm of water.
So I think a better blessing would be something like this: "May your hunger lead you to real sustenance; may your thirst gift you with gratitude for what you receive".
Yep. Good.
Many things this weekend functioned like useful roadblocks for me: the household grumpiness motivated me to make a clean sweep of my space, and now I feel grounded in order instead of chaos. I made some long-overdue phone calls, even though I felt overwhelmed by them, and they all turned out OK. I thought through an unexpected communication issue and feel more centered as a result. I also updated my paper calendar in preparation for slowly transferring to an electronic one. Been dreading that forever, but the end result is excellent. And bullet points are back. Gods, what would I do without the capacity to make lists? Even the parental stuff earlier in the week was useful. Now I know what I need to do to stay on track with my family. And in 10 minutes, I'm off to the gym. Finally!
Obstacles are useful. They force me to push forward.
****
Sweet sweet sweet: I also missed my mastermind call on Sunday, which forced me to sit down and hone in on my current goals this morning. This reminded me that I've made no progress on calling John, my future coach, into my schedule. Deciding to change that probably assisted me there, too. First thing I did when I walked into the gym was to march up to John and tell him what I'm planning to do. I'll start training with him sometime in the next eight weeks, hopefully sooner rather than later
I've always been suspicious of the common Wiccan wine and cakes saying: "May you never hunger...May you never thirst."
And today, it's clear to me why that is. If you are never hungry---literally or metaphorically---you'll never be forced to reach for what you want. If you're never thirsty, you'll never feel gratitude for the sweet balm of water.
So I think a better blessing would be something like this: "May your hunger lead you to real sustenance; may your thirst gift you with gratitude for what you receive".
Yep. Good.
