I really love this weeks exercise. It reminded me of a prayer I say all of the time. Its funny, I say this prayer a lot. Do I really feel the meaning? I don't think I really did until this exercise. I felt my heart soaring for the rest of the day. I really think that putting that energy of love and concern for all is energizing and inspiring. I found myself meditating after this exercise on how awesome this world can be, and how great it could be! I will be practicing this one all day from now on. Repeating it during the day while I am working.
The assessment was hard for me. I feel like I am not living up to where I thought I was. Not to mention where I want to be. I am hard on myself sometimes. I am going to wait a few days until my next days off and I am relaxed, without work on my mind and do it again. It seems as though every area of my life is effected by my job. I don't think it is suppose to be that way (Maybe I need a vacation). I am going to keep a separate journal for a few weeks and do a similar assessment every week to see if my job is really that much of me, or if I may be a bit burned out right now. It should be interesting. I want to help people, I don't want it to become a negative feeling for me. I am trying to find somewhere new. I know when the right place is ready for me, I will be there. Where I am now is teaching me to be calm in the middle of the storm.
I cant believe you wrote about Spirituality. I have been struggling all week with this hardship;I found it helps to meditate and write it down. I used these methods to give me hope and mental understanding through my suffering. I had to understand, that the exercise was to mental teach me how to handle stress and develop a plan of execution.
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ReplyDeleteThe capacity for us to get bogged down, or a bit too introspective while participating in these exercise is a great reality. I know I sat there after assessing the four quadrants and was like " how am I that deficient!" It is easy to become overwhelmed and a bit paralyzed. I feel we must look onto these as setting a wonderfully solid foundation for us to build up and move forward from.
I do also relate to the Loving-Kindness exercise as well. It is very close to my heart and gives me a reminder of how and what my life and this existence can be.
Blessings,
Christine Dixon
Angela,
ReplyDeleteIt is sometimes funny how we forget our heart behind some prayers and meditations we recite often. The exercise this week was a good way to focus that back in to place and I am so glad that you had such a positive reaction to it! I agree that it is important to make sure that as people who work in helping professions we make sure, as we have talked about the last several weeks, that our own well being is in balance so that we do not throw others out of balance that we are trying to help.
Have a blessed week,
Amy Heaton
Angela ~
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you know where your stressors in your life reside. Many times we will return to that similar feeling of dread and angst about work or some other type of relationship. You are moving in the right direction to help yourself through this "storm". Eventually, it will lessen and you will move past this. However, it could return. Being able to be affected by this practice is simply amazing. Use it everyday to strengthen what you are building. Good luck on getting through this storm!
Enjoy,
Melanie Davis
I feel the same way. I feel bogged down. I feel I need to make a decision about my job because it is stressing me out way too much and I have been neglecting my meditation time with all the stress and drama. I felt so refreshed and revived until things started to crumble at work and I miss the feeling I had.
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