Honour where you are!
Feb 11, 2018
Honour where you are.
- What you’ve done to get HERE.
- How FAR you’ve come.
- What you've LEARNED to this point.
It’s so easy to get caught up in what’s next and what we haven’t achieved or what we don’t yet have.
We forget about everything that we have achieved and that we do have in our lives!
#westartedfromthebottomnowwehere
This is definitely something I am cognizant of - and would like to practice more awareness around!
I grew up in the country. My mum's choice to raise her children in this environment is why I don't feel like I grew up in lack, despite knowing that we didn't have much money.
When I think about my experience growing up, I knew that we didn't have much, yet I didn't feel scarcity. I knew that my needs were met and I got to have experiences that children from the city may never have! I had a whole different kind of richness in my life and I was appreciative of it.
While knowing that I desired a much different experience for my adult life! My experience, while not of lack, was definitely one of contrast to what I desire to experience.
I have worked hard and accomplished a lot at this stage in my life and yet, I still have so much I desire to create! There is a part of me that is still running from the perceived scarcity that I grew up with.
The best way to experience more abundance is to recognize and appreciate the abundance that you already have!
I have grown and achieved, and I still desire so much more! I know there is so much more for me to experience in this life. My current practice includes feeling gratitude for everything that I do have and that I have already accomplished. It also includes feeling appreciative of all the rich experiences I get to have - whether financially rich, or experientially rich!
It’s easy to get caught in the next BIG thing or in the contrast of your current experience versus the one you desire to have.
There is a tendency to desire something because others who have it appear to be happy and rich. Yet, when you cast that desire into the Universe, it feels like a struggle.
- Sometimes the desire is not really ours - sometimes it is only desired because others have it and it is the "thing" to do/have
- Sometimes we need some time to allow your belief to catch up with that desire.
What are YOUR true desires? How do you know what is true for you?
For me, when I have a core desire and I allow myself to go into the feelings of that core desire, I am met with intense emotion. I so strongly desire to be a mother that it floods me with emotion when I allow myself to feel it. I so strongly desire for everyone in this world to be seen, heard, and loved (by themselves and others) so that they care about their lives and the lives of others, and our life-giving Earth that I feel sadness when I think about how people don't believe that they, or others matter.
These are your core desires!
The rest of it - I desire Christian Louboutin shoes - can be fun and playful, or they can be a distraction from your core desires. They can be masking what matters the most for you because they're what others are showing off. For me, the Louboutin shoes are a representation of having excess abundance, yet, when I really think about my core desires, I would much rather spend that money supporting a small ethical brand! (I'm not saying that I won't buy the Louboutin's one day, but I'm also saying that I may choose not to - the point is to feel the abundance that I could buy them.)
The Practice:
- Notice your desires
- Identify if they are perceived desires or if they are core desires
- For your perceived desires, are they masking a deeper core desire, or are they fun and playful?
- For your core desires, notice how you know they are core desires & notice if you feel any resistance around them
- Feel into how you will feel when you are experiencing having your core desires!
- Start to pay attention to experiences where you feel the feelings associated with your core desires
Honour where you are and tap into the next right step FOR YOU!
This is exactly the place where appreciation of everything I’ve experienced and currently experience is so important!
And I do appreciate - and I am proud of - what I have accomplished to this point!
What does this bring up for you? What can you appreciate about where you are now and how far you’ve come?
Namasté Loves,
~A
