There is an epidemic these days that can only be described as:
too busy to love, too tired to care.
Lego Love
Like slight frogs swimming in the pot of ever addition boiling water, we just don't know when to jump! How to get out of this? How to jump as if our lives depended upon it?!
Rainer Marie Rilke, the German poet and philosopher said:
For one human being to love another, that is maybe the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
What if this is true? What are we doing here? What if the many achievement in life is love? Not just the romantic Hollywood version of love, but the unconditional kind based in a foundation of self-love?
It's understandable to shy away from it when the going gets tough. It's understandable to be so exhausted by survival mode to actually be able to feel what's real, even when it's actually good!
But at some point, we need to pause for reflection, to elaborate what actually is of value to us, and then to originate intentions that we feel passionate sufficient to pursue.
Sundays used to give us a reminder of what's most important, as we gathered with friends and house to share a meal and slow conversation, to laugh at our communal challenges and celebrate our triumphs.
With so much on the agenda, even celebrations begin to feel like an obligation...one more thing to do. The mere view of planning a birthday party feels overwhelming!
One of my favorite firm coaches taught me that "overwhelm comes from performance without the plan." This is so brilliant, isn't it? To just go through life like a ship without a rudder gets exhausting after a while.
The plan, in this case, is clarifying what is of value. Look through some magazines. Find images that spark you and inspire you. What is it about that image that makes you feel alive? What is the essence of that request you are formulating?
One of my favorite images came from an insurance company's newsletter. There was an Adirondack chair on the cover, sitting on the edge of a peer, overlooking a beautiful, peaceful blue lake. The headline said, "Retire Early, Live Your Dreams." I made this my intention, because I felt passionate about freedom, using my life force to do the work I love, and because I wanted to have sufficient energy left over to actually appreciate my loved ones.
Looking back, how I was able to go from 14 hours a day as a caterer with my own business, too tired to even enjoy cooking anymore, too busy to build a Lego ship with my child, to enjoying all the benefits of financial relaxation I decided to write about it---to help end this epidemic of obvious regret.
The ensue was Don't Stress~Manifest, an empowering right brain coming to unlimited wealth, Pathway2Abundance, my very inspirational free Ezine because I had so much more to share! And the extra report, From ,000/Year to ,000/Month which details the intentions I created for myself along with the techniques I used to synchronize them into my body and mind, because as Joe Vitale says, "clean the energy pathways and you can have, do or be anything you want!"
Too Busy to Love, Too Tired to Care - How to Clear the #1 Cause of Stress
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