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Our article for December is entitled, "I am free to be..."
| This morning I woke up feeling tired, cranky and just not
myself at all. I proceeded to use my daily morning writing practice
to rant about all the noises which surrounded my head instead of the
peace my heart was aiming towards valiantly. I frowned listening to the slap of the shoe laces against the morning walker's carefully chosen Nike's. Yes, it had become ridiculous. In the "whining zone itself" the tiniest sound like can become cacophonous. To me, this morning, they sounded thunderous. To top it off, my right upper back and shoulder area have had this knot of tension for the past week or so. It will not leave me alone. It was definitely noticeable as I stood and headed back inside to rally my troops, rightly known as young people who depend on me for sustenance, guidance and plentiful hugs. As I marched down the hallway barking my next round of orders I listened and really heard the nonsense that I was saying. Shaking my head disgustedly I marched myself into my room for a time out. Before flopping on my bed I grabbed my well worn copy of Louise Hay's classic work: "You Can Heal Your Life". Thumbing through the book I looked up my hurting body part "Shoulders. Shoulders.. Shoulders" ...to which Ms. Hay wrote "Are meant to carry joy, not burdens" it said on a chart on page 182. Affirmation.. "I am free to be joyous" I collapsed onto my bed and breathed deeply. Looking at the clock which read 7:18 am I figured, ok, breathe deeply and hold this thought for three minutes, plenty of time left over to complete the morning rush. Breathing in deeply, I thought, "I am FREE to be joyous". Relaxing deeply, allowing the bed to fully support me I held it in my heart and soul, "I am FREE to be JOYous" ohhhh, it was feeling beautifully perfect.. I felt myself melting into the mattress, my breath bringing sustenance to my very core. "I AM free to BE joyous" I mean, who really cares if a walker's shoe laces slap against her carefully chosen Nike's? Isn't that a part of the process, of the movement? Ahhhh, "I am free to be joyous".. I opened my eyes blissfully just in time to see a little two year old boy's face with a completely free and joyous expression as he launched himself hurdling onto his centered, peaceful Mommy.. Otherwise known as me. I laughed and shrieked and hugged him tightly when he landed with his heart right on top of mine. "Yes, Sammy..we ARE free to be joyous." Merriam Webster reminds me that to be joyous means to be experiencing, causing, or showing joy. I find it especially remarkable that in my holding the thought and breathing into the feeling I magnetized it within my little child. Both the toddler little child in my arms and the forty one year old one that flows through my veins. Lets try something out here together. "I am free to be....... " what? What are you longing to be free to be? I am free to be whole I am free to be rich I am free to be exceptional I am free to be an artist I am free to be successful in my business I am free to love and be loved I am free to express myself completely I am free to paint, to laugh, to....... What is it that you are FREE to do? What intentional act will you create to bring that into being? Just as beloved poet Emily Dickinson said, "I imagine, therefore I belong and am free." I felt free and joyous so that is what I experienced and that is what was Humming through my veins and back out to Samuel, my priceless and precious little boy who mirrored back to me what it really means to him to be free and joyous. Imagine all of these which you have listed here. Allow your mind to freely sprout other areas where you are free and then be those aspects, do that which brings them heartfully to fruition. So be it. Julie Jordan Scott works with entrepreneurs and artists to unlock what blocks your way to your true success through her ezine, teleclasses and teleseminars, and personal coaching for every budget. Visit:http://www.5passions.com to subscribe to Discovering Your Passion ezine and join the thousands worldwide who are breaking through now. |
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