The Magic of Muck! 425 Thriving at sixty

MUCK







filth, dirt or slime







defamatory or sullying remarks







mire, mud







A state of chaos or confusion: (to make a muck of things)







MAGIC







Any extraordinary or mystical influence, charm, power, etc:: The magic in a great name; the magic of music; the magic of spring







To create, transform, move etc, by or as if by magic:







Did you know that dragonflies grow their magical wings while crawling in the muck? They live up to two to four years crawling in the bottom of a muddy pond. In that time. they may shed their coats thirty to fifty times. Before they crawl out of the mud into the light they take a breath of fresh air and finally unfold their magical wings for the first time.







Notice they don’t fly until later in life. So if you are starting over you are never too old or young you can still create magic. You can start over many times in your life time.







Be one with the muck as we go through challenging times. The only way out of the muck is to allow ourselves to feel the feelings as we crawl along. Dragonflies trust the process. Surrendering and accepting the muck. We could apply that to shedding old ideas. Maybe shedding the (should’s) (This shouldn’t be happening) Do you every notice when we have should’s life is a little more challenging.







Our thoughts can take us to terrible places if we let them. Be one with the muck. Ground yourself. Daily I need to Ground myself. One way I do this is by waking out in nature, a routine of prayers and mediation morning and night. What do you do to ground yourself?







Also, honour yourself, honour your feelings. Ask the universe what do I need today. Its interesting as a coach I frequently ask others what do you need from me. I forget to ask myself What do I need. So try this on and say Universe what do I need today?







We are going through tough challenging times, particularly with covid 19. When you ask what do I need today it might be have some compassion for yourself. Take a bubble bath, wear PJ’s all day. watch a movie. make a doctors appointment. Hair appointment, massage.







Give yourself the space to express your feelings. When you give yourself space to express your feelings, it gives you space to create new possibilities. When we have new possibilities we have space for magic..







So many things we can’t control in life and we can control how we react to life.







Ask the Universe or a god of your understanding to send you magic and miracles.







I notice when we are grateful we start to change our stories.. Practice controlling our minds and how we look at things. Interrupt our thoughts and look for the good. What can we be grateful for right now in this moment? I have found this practice very effective.







Ask for help and reframe it and look for the magic amongst the muck. I try to apply this process to everything. Somedays I do better than others.







I think there are gifts growing in our struggles and a lot of magic growing in our muck. Take a step back, breathe let the magic happen















Go for it!  I want on my gravestone she burned out instead of rusted out!  What do you want them to say about you?







Ask yourself are your actions and speaking in alignment with what you are committed to? Look at what are the habitual patterns that have that commitment thwarted?  Are you willing to take responsibility for when it doesn’t go that way you want or th...