After my blog post each morning, I sit on my deck (and sip decaff coffee now) and read from a lovely book, a daily meditation. I thought I'd share this morning's one with you:
True to Ourselves
"This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou 'canst not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare.
To thine own self be true. A grounding statement for those of us who get caught up in the storm of needs and feelings of others. Listen to the self. What do we need? Are those needs getting met? What do we feel? What do we need to do to take care of our feelings? What are our feelings telling us about ourselves and the direction we need to go? What do we want to do or say? What are our instincts telling us? Trust them - even if they don't make sense or meet other people's rules and expectations.
Sometimes, the demands of other people and our confused expectations of ourselves - the messages about our responsibilities towards others - can create a tremendous complicated mess. We can convince ourselves that people-pleasing, going against our nature and not being honest, is the kind, honest thing to do!
Not true. Simplify. Back to basics. Let go of the confusion. By honouring and respecting ourselves, we will be true to those around us, even if we displease them momentarily.
To thine own self be true. Simple words describing a powerful task that can put us back on track.
Today, I will honour, cherish, and love myself. When confused about what to do, I will be true to myself. I will break free of the hold others, and their expectations, have on me".
My little book is: 'The Language Of Letting Go' - Daily Meditations - Melody Beattie.
The boys and I are off for a nice 30 minute bike ride into Dockside this morning.. for a coffee and hot chocolate. They don't know it yet though... ha... they're still sound asleep. Rise and shine boys, let's go!
Happy Saturday!
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