Yesterday was a perfect weather day. Warm, not too warm, Sunny, a little breezy, not windy. Blue sky. Picture a perfectly beautiful, Halmark movie set day.
Today right on cue, is gray and raining. Lightning, followed directly by thunder. It’s honestly looking like movie set rain pelting the road and windows.
Things like taking out the trash, morning commutes, outdoor plans (like raking leaves) are affected.
My chance to practice some of the ideas I’m reading about in The Untethered Soul are all around me. The news is blasting stories of hurucanrs, wars, shootings and more weather. Concern is amping up in many directions.
So here I go.
Letting go. Letting go of everything that might be affecting me personally. I confess the rain doesn’t affect me the same as everyone. I like some rainy days. I enjoy the coziness and drama, but what DOES affect me are the moods of others.
That’s my thing to let go of.
I wrote Peaceful Hearts about this very thing. I love that I am revisiting this concept so many years later. Watch and feel the feelings come up. Let them come all the way up, breathe through them, don’t get lost in any thinking about the feelings, and then let them go. If I don’t get involved in my thoughts about the feelings, they will be easier to allow and let go of? I know this. I’ve done this, but, what a great reminder.
It’s as if I’m living a life that sets me up to practice every day. Oh wait, not as if, maybe this is the point? Of life? To keep our energy flowing dispite disturbances? Hmmm
Probably partly anyway. I’m doing my best to not block or close off my own joy.
Some days it feels impossible. Other days it works easily. I can never predict.
Peace Kit 