It is only the third of July and it feels so much later in the month than that, probably because two days ago my right knee had another flare up and that caused me to face plant emotionally.
The good news is I learned so much in these last two days that would have been buried in my lack of awareness and busy, busy, unrelenting busy schedule and sometimes superhuman expectations I have for myself.
Today my knee is sore, my hip is slightly sore, and I had the best sleep I have had in ages.
When I arrived at my desk this morning, I was without an agenda except for “to settle into” my day and here I sit, gloriously grounded even if the last week iteration of me would have been frustrated with the pace, the ever-expansive me is taking that last week me and holding her close saying something like “husssshhhhh, husssshhhhhhh, you have plenty of time to do all the things you feel like you must get done…”
Normally during the last week of the preceding month I set up the documents for the next month with my regular spiritual practices and my creative entrepreneurial plans.
It is July 3 and I didn’t set up one of my favorite, grounding, off-the-charts-effective “Mining for Storytelling Gold” daily writing practice.
I looked across the screen to my focus mate partner and said, “In this session, I am going to settle in…” having no idea what that really meant and I wrote “Good Morning, Love,” (my daily message to my facebook followers) and then realized I wasn’t ready to start “Mining for Story Gold” because I hadn’t taken the time to set the document up yet.
I then took the one step that changed everything: I decided to start the August document now.
I scanned last year’s August photo album and found the perfect photo.
What I had never noticed in that photo was glaringly obvious now.
What do you see in this photo?
What have you missed seeing in your everyday life lately?
Please let me know in the comments –
This is a good topic to explore for a blog. For me, it is being grateful to Almighty “God” (Yahweh) in heaven for all His blessings!
That’s an excellent answer. Thanks for joining the discussion!
Not sure what we are supposed to see in the photo. The bee? The vibrant colors of the butterfly and the flowers?
I love the fact that you had an unusually great night’s sleep – suffering from insomnie I can totally appreciate this.
PS: How did you end up getting a translation job in Georgian? They have been delighting the soccer world with their surprising results at the European Championship.
There is another insect on the other side of the flower, watching the butterfly. I didn’t “see” that insect until a couple days ago – I was completely focused on the butterfly and that was ALL I could see.
It wasn’t a job translating into Georgian, it was that I met a person who spoke Georgian so I asked him something using google translate.
I was glad to see that language was included in the app!
Is it the bee? What have I been missing? I’m not sure. I’m going to think about it, though. I can definitely relate to feeling the push to get going or get things done.
It’s funny, because I like how you actually looked closely at the image. I recently did a reel that had nothing to do with my business, but asked people to look for a “strange something” along the appalachian trail!”
I saw an octopus in a tree trunk and some rocks.
People really looked and I am almost up to 200K views, my most viewed reel yet…
Awareness really matters –