It gets back to that issue of trust, which gets me back to the middle of the unknown, which gets me back to reflection, surrender and trusting in the secret order of the cosmos. Sometimes when caught in the middle of something that seems out of order, unusual, daunting, or unknown, it’s hard to SEE the order, or to believe that there might BE order, and it’s hard to trust that the end result of “the something” might be just what I needed or wanted. I took a deep breath of the night air, grateful that it wasn’t so cold out, and thought, “Isn’t that a beautiful sight?” Stars shimmered and clouds moved – it wasn’t a clear sky, but it wasn’t fully clouded, either. This might seem odd in relation to today’s affirmation, however this mid-sleep break gave me an opportunity to step out into the deep, dark night and have a look at the night sky.

“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” – Carl JungĮarly this morning Leonard made it known that he needed a drink of water and a potty break. Shift attitude.īlessings as you interact today – breathing in, breathing out, breathing love. Praying that I / you / we can move through the day catching ourselves as we begin a judging moment, stop and just be. And then maybe I can build on that tomorrow. Today I pray that I release negative thought, step back from judgment and allow myself a break – and the same for all those whose lives I touch. What if WE shifted a bit, neutralized and accepted them where they’re at and stepped away without making judgment? Maybe our kindness – or at a minimum our neutrality – would make for a better interaction. To the indifferent guy at the gas station. I wonder what the world would be like if each of us took the time to treat ourselves gently – be more kind to ourselves – and apply the same to others. I’m smart I’m capable I’m still learning. I don’t live IN the past rather, I take the lessons from the past and apply them as needed. I pick myself up, dust myself off and move forward, evaluating what I’ve learned from the experience. However, I learn a lot more quickly and I bounce back a lot faster. I’ve also learned that I do a lot better when I allow others the same amount of room to experience, trust, decide and live their outcome. What I have learned is that I need to allow myself to grow – through experience, through trusting my instinct and then making a decision, through living out the results of those decisions. All that judging created a bunch of negativity, guilt, discomfort and sorrow. It’s hard not to judge I’ve done plenty judging of others and I used to judge myself a lot. What if, instead of judging, I just allowed everyone else to figure out their business, take care of making it better or working it out, and then celebrated the learning experience with them? Also how hard it is when I’ve made a judgment and then find myself in the same situation as what I judged. Just being a part of their Sunday, relaxing, chatting, watching, holding.ĭuring my time there, my son-in-law and I had a conversation about judgment about how it’s so human to judge a situation or a person, and how hard it is when the spotlight is turned onto self. Just being present no agenda no “should” or “have to” moments. Sunday afternoon I visited my daughter and family got in a little Lila and Katherine time. Accept each individual as they are without judgment and you will know peace.

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