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Morning Meditation from The GratiDude
It’s funny, but when I’m feeling great, and everything feels aligned and I’m flowing well, and I see people that are really struggling. It really helps me appreciate where I am at and want to offer emotional support in any way possible. Sometimes I catch myself when I’m feeling great and looking at others with concern and I think that I’m only able to do so because of my current state, or because I’m feeling good, I can recognize when other people are not feeling good.
The reality is that I see it and it all the time even when I’m more of the people not feeling good.
Right now, is a fascinating time in my life that’s providing a tremendous amount of growth opportunities for me, and I know that because it hurts so much.
I feel a bit like the Fella in today’s video, who makes the Walking Sticks: ready to help others along their path and provide tools for others to grow and achieve. But right now? I’m all alone and waiting for someone to play Checkers with.
Fascinating juxtaposition of one part of my life ending relative to my marriage and nuclear household and all of that and all of the incredible things that I see coming and that I’m going to be a part of that are all in line with my dreams and the aspirations and hopes of my higher self.
It’s a true Yin/Yang feeling right now, where I literally am vacillating moment to moment between incredible anticipation, excitement, and creative thinking, and then flipping back to sprinklings of low emotions that don’t serve me and that are tied to my ego and various constructs that I am sometimes caught measuring against.
Let’s hang out and play together. That’s it.
I’m looking at this time as almost like training in the gym where I’m getting stronger by recognizing the flareups of some of my insecurities and past packages as my mind is recognizing the dramatic shifts and changes in water, almost epics of my life or big periods as they are marked by large events and happenings.
It hit me last night when I texted a newer friend and asked if I could visit today because I don’t have anybody to talk to about my deepest stuff around here in Sarasota at this very moment.
I’ve got some old friends that I love dearly that are there for me on many levels. However, on this emotional and philosophical level, those friends are not available right now to help me in that respect. It’s just timing.
As Tonya Leigh explained, it is just hard sometimes:
Even if we sometimes try to avoid it, emotional distress is a personal development necessity.
Similar to the way your bones ached as a little girl during a growth spurt, psychological pain is just part of the process when we are growing intellectually and emotionally.
When we talk about personal growth, we are referring to expansion, blossoming, and transformation.
Transformation can be challenging because it requires making a significant change around our behaviors, attitudes, values, relationships, and self-image.
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that personal growth is hard.
I’m still in that phase of having to shed some of my old friends and associates and practices and things, and I’m in a rebuilding phase of finding my new tribe and attracting my new people.
I need to trust the process and have patience, and I do. I’m just being honest at times is hard.
And this is just another reason so many folks choose not to pursue aligning their life with their higher self and their deepest and wildest dreams. It’s hard to do in a man-made world.
The reality is you need to have a game plan, a squad and daily practice that allows you to stay grounded in things much bigger than your ego constructs. Stay connected to breath stay active eating well. All these things are vital when you’re really pushing yourself and growing.
Like my brother Sean always says, and my big brother is always right: “if it’s still hurts that just means it’s not over.”
So, I lean into the pain and the challenges, and I feel how it pulls the best out of me and forces me to think of solutions and practices and other things to maintain a positive outlook and a healthy approach to my life.
Grateful for all as it is the most difficult things that has made me who I am.
And I am going to go home with who I brought to the dance, and that’s my lovely lady known as an attitude of gratitude.
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