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My mind gets carried away, often. I start off reading one
book and suddenly I’ve got 10 or more on the go. I come up with one business
idea and suddenly I’m doing three. I work with one modality or program for
healing and suddenly I’m using four.
This isn’t a bad thing in and of itself. It can be a creative
tool. I branch out so I can synthesize and come up with something new. But too
often, it’s not a tool for me. It’s a pervasive pattern that hampers me and
could even be called self-sabotage.
During my reckoning work this week, I journaled to
understand how I got where I am. Above is just one insight. I don’t journal
enough. It’s one of the things that I lose focus on. But it always brings so
many great insights.
I’ll continue to bring awareness to this pattern and do
things that help me stay focused on one thing at time. This isn’t easy for
someone who is multi-passionate. And it doesn’t mean I only have to ever do one
thing. For me it means I need to create times specifically to focus on one
thing. I need to go deep enough to create a pattern and a rhythm in that thing.
For instance, I want to publish my ideas/writing and get
paid. I’ve focused on a platform that pays me to write for others. I’ve got
that down, but when it comes to getting into the rhythm of writing my ideas and
pitching them I’ve not given it enough time to develop. And that’s because I
lose focus. I start working on other things. We lose focus when we haven’t
taken the time to make something ingrained.
Some of the other insights come back to this one about
focus. And this one about focus comes back to my inability to fully believe in
myself. The Recovery Wheel work is to help me recover from my feelings of
unworthiness. And it will help as long as I continue to focus.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness, the other aspect of the first part of the Recovery
Wheel, is the basis of this work. When I’m mindful of my patterns, they can’t
control me and I can change them. What I’ve noticed is I lose touch with basic
mindfulness when I spread myself too thin. Mindfulness helps me not only remain
aware so I can make other choices; it helps me to realize if something isn’t
for me. I don’t have to stick with something that isn’t working.
Via Transformativa
I talked a little last week about this Creation Spirituality
path. This week I realized the Path of Transformativa also says, if we deal
with our unhappiness, we’ll step into it and change it. That’s kind of what
Brené Brown says about The Reckoning. It’s the work I did with journaling this
week.
The Path of Transformativa also reminds us to lighten up.
Last week I talked about how it acknowledges this work is often two steps
forward, one step back. It also says that being hard on ourselves makes it more
difficult that it need be. Transformation takes mindfulness, kindness and
patience. To say it more simply, transformation takes love.
What to Keep in Mind
as You Begin this Work
The first part of the
wheel looks like this:
Season: Lammas
12-Step: Admit life isn’t working.
Rising Strong Process: Reckoning
8 Fold Path: Right Mindfulness
Creation Spirituality Path: Via Transformativa
Three Main Principles
to focus on for Recovery Wheel work:
Oneness/All is Love
Basic Goodness
Spiritual Law
Three Main Tools:
Meditation
Journaling
Self-care
Each week I’ll focus on one or two of these principles and
tools.
Week 2
Journaling/Reckoning
Practice:
Use your journal to discover the deeper reasons why you are
where you are today. Ask: How did I get here? Take a few minutes to write what
comes to mind. When you think you’re done keep going or pick one insight and go
deeper into it.
Mindfulness Practice:
Begin a mindfulness meditation practice if you don’t already
have one. Susan Piver, founder of the Open Heart Project, is a great
teacher. Sign up for her free weekly meditation instruction video or simply
visit the link every week.
Via Transformativa
Practice:
Spend some time this week doing something you absolutely
love. Have fun. As we loosen up it becomes easier to transform.
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