Monday Mindfulness

Cultivating Strength, Joy, Calm & Resilience


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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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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,


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Anticipation

Bursting with excitement.

Tempted by fear.

To hold back.

To bring less of my

intelligence,

beauty,

creativity,

power

so as not to overwhelm them.

But they feel it anyway.

They want it.

And there is a good chance they won’t be able to handle it.

But that shouldn’t stop me

from being all that I am.

My allness

is ready

to bloom,

in all

of

its

magnificence.


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Today

Tomorrow is not promised.

Align and open to the greatest gifts of today.

Open to your strengths.

Hold your wounds and weaknesses as reminders.

If you can remember these, you can remember you are something more.

You are something so much more.


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Experimenting

Not chasing answers

but curiously asking questions.

Fleeting, bubbles of inquiry,

floating, popping, landing

with different degrees of impact.

Wonder and awe ignited.

Delight inspired.

Freedom found

when instead of chasing results,

I am open to receiving conclusions freely.


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Beautiful

I am not broken.

Although, perhaps to some I may appear that way.

When I sit in stillness, in the quiet of my own heart, it is clear that I may be chipped.

I may be cracked.

Parts of me may be loose or wobbly,

but there is such a profound beauty

in all of the scars and markings of this worn and tired being, 

that I can only imagine 

if I were completely broken 

I would be even more beautiful.


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Balanced

Whole.

Steady.

Relaxed.

Desiring.

Creative.

Joyful.

Confident.

Protected.

Assured.

Loving.

Receiving.

Humble.

Gentle.

Clear.

Consistent.

Allowing.

Steady.

Wise.

Open.

Graceful.

Free.


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Grace

You are so wise

…and powerful,

beautiful,

kind,

…and attuned.

You do not have to be any stronger than you are.

You do not have to be more brave than you are.

You do not have to be more balanced than you are,

or flexible,

or creative.

You do not need to be anymore of anything right now.

There is power in peace,

clarity and confidence in grace.

Feel into your wild and free intuition.

Let it guide you unabashedly!!