Brad4d Savasana Beth

Self care isn’t self-indulgence. It’s caring for your wounds by spending time in solitude, taking inventory of how your thoughts, words, and actions affect others. If self care in this sense is ignored, you can easily blame others and play the victim. Because some of those wounds are self-inflicted, and others might be wounds carried from long ago.

We can easily lose track of our lives if we don’t periodically assess our priorities. We find ourselves stretched too thin, taking on too much while getting nothing really done. Remembering our priorities will call for us to drop the unnecessary so we can live a little more on purpose.

We’re often led by our secular culture out of a desire to fit in and belong. But a life rooted in God is very countercultural. It rubs against the secular values of sex, power, and money. When we spend time in our inner room, we know that we must practice some self-restraint in our outer lives. We work on shedding those habits and attitudes that drive us further from God’s Light.

Aches, tightness, or strain in your body tell you that something isn’t right. You might choose to ignore it, saying “no pain, no gain.” But your body will react when your life isn’t in proper alignment. Notice what happens when you encounter conflict. What does your body do when you make choices that might lead to pain? Pay attention to your body as a teacher. It will tell you the truth that your mind refuses to admit.

Media moguls are rich, and many content creators seek a piece of that pie. They serve you with addictive content that keeps you in a state of craving and competition. This content keeps you stuck and needing more. For you to find inner peace, ask yourself if your media choices point towards the ego and competitiveness or towards service and cooperation.

The 5 a.m. Club went viral on TikTok as people touted the benefits of waking up earlier to get things done. Triathletes would call this sleeping in! You can make the 5 a.m. about productivity, or you can use that sacred time in the morning to cultivate quietude. What you do the first few moments of the day frames the rest. Can you dedicate the first few moments of your day to cultivate the sacred within?