Make The Higher Call
Mmm… so I wrote this back in Sept 2020, and I was inspired by a sutra study session about Isvara Pranidhana, which is said to be a practice of Surrender. Grateful to Paige Elenson for leading that dharma talk then and to Seth Barron for revisiting it this year. Otherwise this poem would not have seen the light of day. I read it in class this week for the first time, and well, I felt something. It pushed to make the higher call, to share this with you.
I Can Be Gentle With Myself
A gentle love note to yourself when you are feeling overwhelmed with the todos, the whatnots, the shoildhaves and the oughttos… say it out loud, write out in your journal - or simply just repeat to yourself, in your heart;
I can be gentle with myself
I can be gentle with myself
I can be gentle with myself
Halo In The Sky
This was a random post inspired by a halo spotted over the Singapore skies. A shorter post is on my instagram so check it out here, and please follow me if you like.
Cultivate Your Superpower of Consistency
A Love Letter to Myself - to stay the course, remain consistent to what I want to make happen.
Because if I'm 100% committed to what I want to make happen, the next step is to be consistent. Consistency is really tapas in action; staying in the fire. Over time, it will give us access to breaking out of default patterns and our negative thoughts. And on the way, create a kinder and healthier seed in our mind. While it is not easy, I know I can find ease in the effort. And what helps is to know my WHY.
Let's Try A Little Kindness
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama
I choose to write this post today because it has been resting in my heart and is what I need.
The world feels hard right now.
So many feelings of anger, grief, confusion, sadness….
Even more opinions and judgements - I’m right you’re wrong….
I can’t pretend to understand what’s going on in the world right now….
I know how it makes my heart feel though ….. sad
Kindness is what the world needs. A little reminder - not to be kind, because we are already inherently kind, but to choose to be kinder more than necessary.
Kindness is not a solution to what’s happening out there in the world, but it’s one way to heal our heart space so we can be stronger to face what’s out there.
xox
Love Mantra for Anxious People
I'm beginning to sound like broken record. I do hold back from being Me, because of the not-good-enoughs swirling in my DNA, which cause me anxiety.
Before you tell me to STOP IT....
I have stopped my not-good-enoughs in its tracks, but it has to start somehow somewhere.. Something has to catch fire before you put the fire out.
I don't think there's any way to stop the thoughts from forming. And the hardest job is not believe in the lie that we believed as the truth all our lives. And it's possible to listen, acknowledge and do what scares you most, which is to drop the not-good-enoughs and just be good, and have faith that that is enough.
