Brave and Magnificent

Brave and magnificent are two very powerful words and ones that we seem to reserve for only special circumstances.  I want to know why all of us are not considered brave and magnificent?

Brave, according to the Oxford dictionary, when used as adjective means ready to face danger or pain; showing courage.  When used as a verb it means endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear.

Magnificent according to the Oxford dictionary, has two meanings.  The first is: impressively beautiful, elaborate, extravagant, or striking.  The second is very good or excellent.

We all face circumstances that make us feel physically or emotionally crippled and times that carrying on is all that we can manage.  In those times it is bravery that keeps us moving forward and our individual magnificence shines through.  I will rely on my bravery and magnificence during my three month journey this summer.  So every morning and every evening I look at myself in the mirror and say, "You are brave and magnificent." three times.

I believe it is time to revel in our bravery and shine in our magnificence.  Look in your mirror and tell yourself, "You are brave and magnificent." three times.  Do it for thirty days and see the change it brings about for you.

Walk in peace and beauty.

 

Walking In The Present

It seems that much of our time is occupied by trying to figure out why something happened the way it did.  We want to know if there was something that could have been done to change things. When we do this we are walking in our past.  Walking in our past robs us of the present. 

Not walking in the present means we are disengaged with our own lives.  We also rob those we love of being fully engaged in their lives.  If we wouldn’t allow another person to do this to us why do we do it to ourselves?

The best way prevent this and also reduce/avoid trepidation is to walk mindfully in the present.  I find it helpful to take a mindfulness walk. I walk and focus on the smells that encounter, the sounds that tickle my ears, and feeling of the sun or breeze. I often hum a tune that pleases me.

It is important to find peace in our present in order to be at harmony with ourselves and others.

This is something I am working to master for my upcoming journey.

Walk in peace and beauty 

The Opposites of Trepidation

 

Trepidation: a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation.

Watching what is happening at the Capital of the United States brings this sensation about so strongly I want to throw-up and hide.

Trepidation has always been a part of my life, as it has been for many others.  I believe that it is one of the drivers for my need to wander and to be reclusive.  

So what are the opposites of trepidation and how are they developed? The Thesaurus lists calm, happiness, assurance, confidence, calmness, composure, contentment, peace, security, and bravery as the opposites of trepidation.  It takes purposeful focus and action do develop the opposites of trepidation as a more constant state of being.  Over the next few posts I will explore this deeper.

To get through trepidation in the immediate moment/situation here are things to help to help:  

• Limit your consumption of the news
• Do activities that tap into your creative nature
• Read, sing, dance, meditate, walk, any activity to release nervous energy
• Set a timer for no more than ten minutes and sit with your trepidation.  Feel it fully, acknowledge that the feeling is valid.  Release it by taking deep breaths in, hold for 3 seconds, and breathe out to the count of 5...repeat this 5 times.

Remember that you are peace and love

Walk in peace and beauty

Powerless to Powerful

 

I came to a period in my life where I felt absolutely powerless. I was caught up in living the life that I was taught to have. Hiding the fact that I was agoraphobic my entire life and had CPTSD. I was not doing what my heart called me to do. Working with people struggling or viewed as lost causes is where I find purpose. Listening, coaching, and teaching.

Is it our heart we listen to? I think we have a higher calling, a purpose that resides in our soul.  When we are incongruent with our calling we feel that.  It shows through in a variety of ways; mental and physical health, relationships with people and/or food, and the energy that we put out to the world.  It determines if we are powerless or powerful.

It is important that we spend some uninterrupted time getting to know ourselves.  Time to focus on our calling and how we can continue on that path.  In a busy world that is hard to do and easy to set aside, but it what must be done to move from powerless to powerful.

Fortunately for me I am going to get plenty of time to this as I wander this summer and I hope you will come along too.

Walk in peace and beauty 

Safety of the Shadows

 

In society shadows have mixed connotations.

Living in the shadows is hiding from the real world or not being seen by society.

Hiding in the shadows is to put yourself in a secret place, conceal yourself from view or discovery.

We can live in someone's shadow, never being seen for who we truly are.

If you are an intuitive, a healer, or empath the world is a loud and overwhelming place. Being in the shadows provides safety and peace.  It is important to find balance between the safety of shadows and participating in the world.

The journey that I am undertaking is a simple one or should be.  Three months alone without the need to hide in the shadows. Three months to focus on the spiritual and the wild of the world.  Steps to take, sites to see, breaths to breath, and time to think.  To figure out how to interact with people without getting gutted again.

Three months to just be...

Walk in peace and beauty

Keeping the Faith

 

Faith, belief, or spirituality is something humans around the world contemplate at some point in time.

Is that person then a mystic, a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect?

From the time I told the police officer I lived in a church it seems I have been on a journey into the mystic.  I have wanted to be a nun, am an ordained minister, and have been called a shaman.  The  need to keep the faith and relationship with ‘the holy’ continues to be a big driver in my life.

I find a building and crowds are not conducive to my journey.  A cowboy once told me when he is in the saddle he is 16 hands closer to God.  I believe that the holy is found wherever and whenever we become mindful of that relationship.  Faith is practiced in each step, breath, or thought we have if we what we do comes from being mindful.

Walk in peace and beauty.

Where Do You Live?

 

It seems I have always had wanderlust.  Driven in the search for something. Was I looking for a place to belong, a deeper meaning, a safe place to be or on a mission to find myself.

When I was three we lived in a small town. I wandered away from home. I spent three hours walking around before a police officer stopped me and asked my name, I told him. When he asked me where I lived I told him, “I live in a church”

Looking back at that incident it seems that deeper meaning and a purpose has always been at the forefront of my younger restlessness.

I loved to hear the stories that my great grandfather told about horses, wagons, and prayers in the woods. I dreamed about having that same life.

Walk in peace and beauty 

Wondering and Wandering

 

I have often thought about where the feeling began...the need to wander.

When I was a child I would wander my grandparents’ ranches.  The cows, sheep, horses, dogs, and wildlife keeping me company. I never felt lonely or afraid.

As I got older the world became more frightening and felt unsafe. I slowly quit wandering and in that process I lost my purpose. Recently I have started to wonder about wandering again.  I have been reading books and following people who purposefully wander virtually  

At this time in my life I am preparing to wander again and invite you to travel along  

Walk in peace and beauty