There are choices we make in life. And there are choices we get to make again and again. I was (and continue) to struggle with putting myself “out there.” In person, online, on social media, etc. I came across something I wrote last Spring, which gets to the heart of the matter Why am I afraid to be seen? Why am I afraid of exposing who I really am? I have nothing to fear, nothing to hide.The things that have happened to me, the things that have caused me pain and suffering (and exponential growth) are not my responsibility or…
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Are you being questioned and pushed? Is there any point in it? Maybe I just tell myself this to make myself feel better. To keep me from screaming bloody murder on a regular basis. Or maybe I’m onto something. Odds are good you are a human being who disagrees with another human being. About something. Maybe vehemently disagree. Maybe you are baffled that this human could ever think “XYZ” when you think “ABC.” And those two things cannot be mutually exclusive – you can both agree on that at least! And maybe (I’d put some money on it) the person…
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As I’ve mentioned in past posts, I’m not great at acting all the time with my Still Small Voice. I shared with a co-worker that if things in my life are messed up, it is not God’s fault (that’s the terminology that made sense for them). Or that it is not The Still Small Voice’s fault. The next step will be clear, simple and easy. The Still Small Voice says: “Step on the X in front of you.” I say: “Nope. I’m going to step to the right onto the Y instead. I want to see what happens.” It’s all…
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Listening to The Still Small Voice can get a bad rap. How many people have you heard of or talked to that made a seemingly insane, unhealthy or irresponsible choice that said “I just know I have to do this? I don’t have a good reason. I know I just have to.” (PS: I have been one of those insane people but stay with me.) You listen, trying to be patient but you really want to shake them and yell “What is wrong with you?! Have you thought this through at all?!” I am a default Billy Joel fan and…
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How can you tell when you are hearing The Still Small Voice or if your brain and/or all of your societal, social and cultural conditioning has taken over? The Still Small Voice is your inner knowing – it may speak, or show you a picture, or give you a sensory sensation. It may do all or none of those things. It may be consistent and sometimes it may do lots of different things. (I call that the “I need to get your attention because you aren’t listening to me” tactic.) It may seem like your brain and your body are…
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“You should smile more!” & the relief of grey days Leaving the woods after my walks, I am always jarred stepping back on the road and into “civilization.” I’ve had access to these woods for years but only found out/had the courage to explore about 4 years ago. And even though I have easy free access to them, I still don’t go back there as much as I want. Which is silly. Because there is never a bad walk in the woods. There is always a good walk in the woods. Why am I not stacking the deck for me? …
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What an elementary school project taught me about life… From The Enchanted Life, Sharon Blackie… “The messages are clear: sometimes, you have to step off the path you are so determinedly striding along and learn a few more skills. And learn them properly – through your own lived experience, not experience copied from others; and by continuing to learn for however long is necessary, from someone who really knows. These stories tell us that sometimes it’s okay to feel that you’re not progressing, because, as we’ve already seen, the myth of progress is another of those profoundly pernicious myths which…
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There is this myth out there (and I’ve probably helped perpetuate it at times, I’m sorry.) The myth is that listening and acting on your Still Small Voice will solve everything and it will all be easy. HAH! Usually, listening and acting on your Still Small voice causes frustration, sadness, anger, chaos, disruption and all around panic. (Aren’t you so excited now? Can’t wait?) We live in such times that it is easy to be buried in and overwhelmed by choices and ideas that we never consciously chose. Trying to be conscious can be by itself an overwhelming task. (Why…
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I have become a tea person. If you knew me a few years ago, I was NOT a tea person (or a coffee person or a drink person or any type of person that way.) But I wanted to be a tea person. So bad. For some reason. I had so many (seemingly) failed attempts. I didn’t know why I kept trying. Why I wanted to have tea. For some reason I kept insisting on trying over and over, buying things, and donating them away. I would take a break. Tell myself that this was crazy, silly. A waste of…