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Just published: Martha Treat April 2024
Three Practices to Honor Who We Are
In finishing my annual review of computer files, email etc., I was reminded of these three practices that powerfully increase energy, confidence and our focused attention.
Address the Incompletes of the Mind and Emotions as They Arrive
Completing things on a task list is sometimes easier to do than the incompletes that occupy our mind and emotions. Often, they are the biggest drain on our energy. Do these resonate for you?
• Anger with a situation or a person you are unwilling to let go and insist be different?
• Disappointment about something that didn’t happen and blaming someone else?
• Habits such as subtle yet endless loops of negative inner conversations needing silencing?
The first step is to acknowledge to yourself that you are angry, feeling guilty, disappointed etc. Simple acknowledgement and the naming of what is, is often all that is needed to move a thought or emotion to completion. Forgiving is the absolute completer. (p. 37, Complete.Done.Finished on Amazon)
Keep Appointments with Yourself
Are your appointments with yourself on your calendar equal in importance to your appointments with others? How often do you skip booked time on your calendar with yourself to complete a project or do a weekly review thinking that the other choice is more important?
What if we make keeping our commitments with ourselves the first priority and use the resulting increased self-trust, energy and focus from keeping our agreements with ourselves to more effectively handle everything else? And let’s be honest, every agreement we make is first with ourselves.
Take Control of Interruptions
People often complain they can’t get things completed due to all the interruptions. The truth is the only real interrupter is us. We allow it and we do it. We interrupt our thoughts with new thoughts, we give ourselves multiple directions at once, we answer the phone when we are already on another call, we finish other people’s sentences, and we allow others to interrupt us in the same ways. Yet we firmly believe the interruptions are coming from outside of us. Interruption as I see it is our impatience with what is not happening the way we want it to, so we barge in to try and control it and allow others to do the same. When we are willing to stop interrupting ourselves and others, space to complete is available, and more importantly, our self-respect and confidence grows.
These three practices strengthen our clarity and attunement and, in the process, we are honoring who we are.
Martha Invitation
1. The next time you interrupt yourself, be willing to pause and simply notice it. A simple awareness can assist in changing the pattern especially if repeated.
2. Is there something you have done that you keep judging? Forgiving yourself for judging is the first step and then the forgetting is available.
3. If you are about to reschedule an appointment with yourself, simply ask what is more important than honoring this time with you?
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