Monday Mindfulness

Cultivating Strength, Joy, Calm & Resilience


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Fulfillment

The woodpecker with its beautiful crown of red and feathers of blue 

alights on the side of the big oak tree.

Quickly setting to work,

diligently, making holes in the bark, tapping the marrow of the tree.

Rhythmically and expeditiously it farms.

The tree doesn’t seem to mind.

Is the woodpecker successfully harvesting sustenance?

Or, could it be coming up empty?

Simply searching,

patiently,

methodically,

systematically.

Poking

and poking,

until the choice is made 

to go elsewhere, 

or remain here,

seeking,

practicing,

exploring its skills

and talents,

supported,

nourished,

and satisfied,

wherever it chooses to be.


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Changing states

Reflecting your sparkle,

Your joy,

Your light.

Reflecting your goodness,

Grace,

Humility,

Kindness,

And love,

Until you cannot help

but to absorb

the characteristics you think you see in me

As what they really are,

Simply awakened parts of you.

Replacing reaction with reflection.


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Ready

Grounded in lightness.

Free to expand.

Confident in choice.

Clear in direction.

Comfort in stillness.

Peace in the quiet.

Steady in heart.

Safe in this breath.


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Porous

Recognizing without conforming.

Allowing without absorbing.

Flowing effortlessly between the inner and outer world.

Uniquely connected.

Discerning without differentiating.

Stepping out of the rigid container of familiar and safe 

to freely exercise vulnerability and authenticity.

Curious.

Open to the new and opposing.

Existing within this thin permeable membrane.

Maintaining sense of self. 

Living deeply and authentically.


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Gently Tuning

Replacing effort and trying 

with releasing and allowing.

Engaging discipline.

Acknowledging capacity.

Values aligned.

Curiously listening.

Intuitively informed.

Soft not weak.

Strong not righteous.

Clear and present.


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Obstacles

I’m not always going to get my way,

but I’m always going to get what’s right for me.

When I let go of forcing outcomes,

stop relying on others for my happiness,

and see obstacles not as a sign of my worth but of my courage and strength,

even what seems like a paralyzing blockage

can be an invitation to take a different path,

go a different way,

or sit right where I am for a moment 

and reflect 

on the beauty, 

awe, 

and opportunity 

that exists right here,

right now,

just the way things are.

Much gratitude to Shari Irby for contributing this photo.


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Ready

Blustery cold takes my breath away.

Frozen, alone, confined to the space of myself.

Sharing my dreams with the walls, longing for the door to open.

Holding on to hope.

Awaiting that precious moment when fingers thaw and

hearts warm.

when the wind carries through the windows the fresh scent of renewal.

Expanding into the sun, 

into my knowing 

my power,

my love,

Into the garden of

wholeness

where I find myself

shedding the cold confinement,

ready to dance,