It’s become apparent to me that this is more than an exercise in personal growth. This touches real people’s lives.
Twice since I announced my intention yesterday to say “I love you” more proactively, I’ve found myself in situations where friends were in pain and I felt love toward them, and I felt open enough to [...]
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Day 56 (2008-04-30): I love you, Part 2
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, fear, friends, I love you, life, love, pain, Peace, personal growth, uncertainty on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 55 (2008-04-29): I love you
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, don Miguel Ruiz, fear, I love you, love, Miguel Ruiz, Paul McCartney, Peace, Silly Love Songs, The Mastery of Love, uncertainty on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: The Mastery of Love by don Miguel Ruiz
This morning I awoke two hours before my alarm was set. My mind began racing immediately, filling me with anxiety. After 30 minutes of trying to go back to sleep, I finally got up.
Around mid-day, I was reading Ruiz’s The Mastery of Love. Ruiz was [...]
Day 54 (2008-04-28): Presumptive pleasure (Pleasure, Part 2)
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, attitude, cake, dandelions, fun, habits, habitual perspective, life, Peace, pleasure, princess, uncertainty, wishes on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the past few weeks, I’ve been observing how I experience and relate to pleasure in my life. Recently, my five-year-old niece gave me some wise advice on this topic.
She and I were in the park and she spotted a cluster of dandelions. She asked if we could blow on them and make wishes. We [...]
Day 53 (2008-04-27): Not-so-scary Sundays
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, freedom, fun, life, Peace, poem, should, Sunday, uncertainty on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I practiced letting go of any feelings of Should. I tried to give the day the freedom to unfold as it would. And it felt pretty good. The Sunday anxiety I’ve written about showed itself from time to time, but for the most part, the day was fun and relaxing.
I just re-read what I [...]
Day 52 (2008-04-26): Space
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, life, Peace, space, uncertainty on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Space has been showing up in a particular area of my life recently, and I wasn’t sure why. I didn’t even really recognize it as space. But last night I got some news about the opportunity I alluded to in a previous post. It is going to happen, and it requires some space. So magical [...]
Day 50 (2008-04-24): Emotional or physical
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, business, caffeine, coffee, emotions, life, pasta, Peace, uncertainty on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I felt mildly discouraged about some things in my business. Nothing terribly serious.
But right after lunch I found myself thinking, “I am so tired of all of this.”
And then it hit me: “No, I’m tired.” Last night I was up late and this morning I was up early. Plus, I just ate a [...]
Day 49 (2008-04-23): The fear of eyes
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, black, conservative, fear, fear of eyes, fear of success, Indiana Jones, inspiration, Leon Tec, liberal, life, Oneness, Peace, success, The Fear of Success, The Power of Now, uncertainty, white on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sources of inspiration: The Fear of Success by Leon Tec; Power of Now discussion group
Sounds pretty ominous, doesn’t it? The fear of EYES! Could be the name of the next Indiana Jones movie.
How about the fear of eyeballs…I love that word, “eyeballs.”
On Monday in our Power of Now discussion group, my friend Jim reminded me [...]
Day 48 (2008-04-22): Heaven and hell, re-revisited
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, appreciation, be present, blog, blogging, clearing, expectation, heaven, hell, intention, joy, life, meditation, Peace, spiritual practice, spiritual work, teleclass, time management, uncertainty on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I wrote this Sunday night:
“I’m steadily increasing the joy that I feel. I’m fully aware now that there is more than enough in my life for it to feel like a paradise if I were to choose to experience it as such. So the spiritual work is clearing the mind of all of the games [...]
Day 47 (2008-04-21): I died last night
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, awakening, Chistianity, death, dreams, Eckhart Tolle, fear, flowering of human consciousness, God, life, Peace, sin, spirituality, uncertainty on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a vivid dream last night. How it began has since faded, but here is how it ended:
I was in a small private jet with the pilot and two other people I did not know very well. We took off, and the man next to me asked, “What’s most important to you?”
“For lack of [...]
Day 46 (2008-04-20): Guitar games
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, bass, drums, games, guitar, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3, identity, joy, life, music, Peace, Rock Band, should, uncertainty, video games on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was a fun day with a new friend. Among other things we played some Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band. For the uninitiated (as I was only weeks ago), these are video games in which you play simplified versions of instruments (guitar/bass/drums) along with popular songs (kind of like karaoke) to score points, etc. [...]
Day 45 (2008-04-19): The Fear of Success, Part 3
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, change, failure, fear, fear of failure, fear of success, journaling, Leon Tec, life, Peace, success, uncertainty on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: The Fear of Success by Leon Tec
It’s becoming more and more clear to me how much my anxieties around uncertainty are related to a fear of success.
Most, if not all, of my conscious fears of failure are things that I’ve experienced before. I didn’t like them and I don’t want to experience [...]
Day 44 (2008-04-18): The freedom of waiting
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, be present, being present, choice, library, life, Peace, present moment, Staples, Sunday, tennis, uncertainty, waiting on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to share two experiences that are similar in details but different in mental structure, so I experienced them quite differently.
Last Sunday, I was scheduled to meet a friend to play tennis. I had some photocopying to do at Staples, so we agreed to meet there. I finished early and found myself waiting. It [...]
Day 43 (2008-04-17): A conscious presence of gratitude
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, consciousness, gratitude, life, Peace, presence, walking on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today my intention is to keep the curtain up on what I experienced last night. To move through my day in a conscious presence of gratitude.
This will include some time outside. Perhaps a walk to the library or park.
Day 42 (2008-04-16): Enough to be happy
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, faith, family, friends, gratitude, happiness, happy, inspiration, Jim Stevens, joy, love, Peace, relationships, uncertainty on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Jim Stevens’ gig
You know what I’m certain of in this moment? There are enough reasons for me to be happy.
Tonight I went to my friend Jim Stevens’ gig. As I was watching him perform, I felt joy and gratitude for my relationship with him. And from there, a joy and gratitude for [...]
Day 41 (2008-04-15): A new opportunity
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, fear, life, opportunity, Peace, uncertainty on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I explored a new opportunity that contains a great deal of uncertainty for me. I’m choosing not to go into detail until it comes to be.
But it is important that I am even considering it, and that I’m handling it so peacefully. It could certainly push a lot of my fear and anxiety buttons [...]
Day 40 (2008-04-14): Worry is a story
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, debt, dentist, dentistry, life, molar, Novocaine, Peace, uncertainty, wisdom teeth, worry on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a quote about worry that’s stuck with me (though the source hasn’t):
Worry is interest on a debt you may never owe.
Today I had my top two wisdom teeth extracted. The doctor was amazing. Did both teeth in about five minutes. I didn’t feel a thing and said, “That’s it?” Seriously. There was plenty of [...]
Day 39 (2008-04-13): Scary Sundays, Part 2
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, coaching, Eckhart Tolle, email, guitar, inner body, life, meditation, Peace, Sunday, taxes, teeth, tennis, time, time management, uncertainty, wisdom teeth on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is Sunday again, and there is much I would like to do today. Here is my list:
Write my 100 Days of Peace post
Play tennis
Visit my sister, mom, and nieces
Finish my taxes
Write a coaching article
Meditate
Answer emails
Play guitar
Chill out and do nothing
Enough on that list to make me anxious if I choose to be. Add to [...]
Day 38 (2008-04-12): Safe and certain
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, business, career, certainty, freedom, income, insurance, jobs, life, Peace, pleasure, uncertainty, vacation on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Exploring pleasure has led me to a realization:
My need/desire for certainty takes the life out of my life.
A couple of months back I noticed that I was repeating this strange cycle in my business. I’d get frustrated by doing things conventionally, so I’d think of some exciting outside-of-the-box idea for how to build my business. [...]
Day 37 (2008-04-11): Pleasure
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, enjoyment, fun, inspiration, joy, life, Mama Gena, Mastermind, Mastermind Group, money, Peace, play, pleasure, Regena Thomashauer, School of Womanly Arts, time, uncertainty, women on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Source of inspiration: Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts by Regena Thomashauer
Piggybacking on yesterday’s fun post, I’m looking at the role pleasure plays (or doesn’t play) in my life.
Last night in my Mastermind Group, one of the members mentioned Mama Gena and her emphasis on pleasure. She writes specifically for women, but I downloaded chapter [...]
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