Today I teach 5 classes total, a marathon day for sure. Writing today with brevity. I recently wrote about "should'ing," on oneself last week, but I'd like to add a little bit more. Yesterday I read a short story by Oprah and she included the phrase, "disease to please." Woah! Looking back it seems the older I get, the stronger I am at separating my need to say "yes" to everyone or comfort everyone, and the fact I can stand up for myself or say no, but still accept myself as a kind, giving and loving person!
I think the more self awareness or clarity I have of myself as a person, the more willing and able I am to overcome the need to please!
So today, since I'm busy, my guidance to get me through will be: What is my truest intention? When left with a decision to make or a question to answer I will pause, take a breath and try to answer from the heart, not the mind. I won't let ego take over, which often times survives and thrives off attention or like, but leaves us feeling drained. "Never again will I do anything for anyone that I do not directly feel from my heart," Oprah wrote. "I will act with the intent to be true to myself."
The flower pictured is called Lunaria Annua, called honesty or annual honesty, which I thought was very fitting for today and my intention.
Wishing you the same! Let's see how this goes! Love you, LP.
