January 3
“Today I will remember who I want to be.”
Stuart Sandeman says that we all have a version of ourselves that we aspire to be: kinder, more patient, more energetic, etc. What happens, though, is that “life gets noisy”. We get stressed out, we’re pulled one way or the other, and/or we react instead of calmly dealing with a situation. We forget, he says, that we have a choice about how we show up and who we can be.
In order to get back to the person that we want to be he leads us in a 4-4-8 breathing activity. We begin by imagining a beautiful, cleansing light. Then we breathe in that light for 4 counts, hold it for 4 counts, the let it all out for 8 counts. We do it a few times so we can create a safe, calm space in which to focus on our intention. Then he asks us to place our hands on our hearts and ask it to show us a word that represents who we would like to be today. He offers things like calm, clear, patient, etc., but reminds us not to force it. Let the word come to us. When it feels right, we’ll know it.
Mine? Confident. It just kind of popped in there. And it was the right word for me today. I needed it. I wasn’t aware of it at the time but it was appropriate and every time I looked at my phone I saw my intention and remembered my word. Tomorrow I may need a different word. I don’t know. But today I was confident. And it felt good.
Who is it that you’d like to be? What word did you see?
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