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It's In Your Hands

Will you choose hope today? Will you choose to believe you are safe, loved, and seen? Will you choose belief today? Will you choose to have faith in those who hold you close? Will you choose you today? It truly is your choice. How will you make it? In some ways, this one strikes at my very core. In my darker moments, I am an agent that is acted on by forces outside of me. Something or someone is making my life less what I want it to be. Or, in my own mind, less that I need it to be. But I continue to learn that the story of others making me miserable may not be false but it is not the whole story. I have so many choices, regardless of what is going on in the background. I can choose to whom I listen. I can choose what to believe things mean. I can choose to believe what people say to me or discount it to support my own story. In a very real sense, none of these things change what is going on; but, all of them change what I feel or think or imagine about what is going on. As you read this I wonder: * What would make you more likely to choose hope today? * Why do you sometimes choose to ignore the endless blessings you have in favor of the thing that is not right? * Can you see that choosing you is not about being selfish but rather about being faithful to the full suite of things that are around you? There’s an old saying, “Hope springs eternal.” I don’t really think that’s true. But the Spring of Hope is always a mere moment away. As we close the week, can you take a moment to refresh yourself and feel safer and more secure in the path before you? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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-2 дн.

But I Want To Know

Can you be ok with not knowing until it is time? Can you allow uncertainty to be neutral rather than a crisis? Can you find time for hope as well as for fear? Can you be held in your moment of doubt? I had the joy of spending the week a few weeks ago with my family, my father, stepmother, sister, her kids, my kids, and my two grandchildren. It was the grandchildren that made me think of the opening of this. The thing that struck me about them was that they needed to know now…what was for dinner, where we were going, what someone was doing who wasn’t in the room. The time for knowing, for them, was now. And I think that carries forward for many of us, including me. Not knowing is difficult. And it’s even more difficult, particularly these days, to treat not knowing as neutral and not a problem to be solved. What has changed for me over time is that I know I am held in my moment of doubt, sometimes by the people who are with me physically and always by the people who are closest to my soul. As you read this, I wonder: * What would allow you to believe more fully that knowledge comes in its time? * Can the absence of information simply be the absence of information and not a signal that needs urgent explanation? * Can you reach out to those who hold you in your moment of doubt and acknowledge their contribution? What has changed so very much in my life is my certainty that I need not face my doubts alone, that I am supported without question, not by all, but by enough to change the face of doubt. May you see those who support you a bit more clearly this week and may they help you hope. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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-4 дн.

A New Day Dawns

Can you feel the power that comes from movement? Can the next step be enough for now? Can tomorrow be a place where you await the dawn? A new day is coming for you. Can you greet it with hope? One of my reactions to stress is to move. For me, there is nothing worse than feeling at risk and not being able to take action, even when the action may not really address what is stressing me. Taking a walk, exercise, whatever it may be but the process of movement has power. But the core of this one to me is in the third question, “Can tomorrow be a place where you await the dawn?” All too often, tomorrow is a place we either fear or we create a vision of that is unlikely to be realized. The idea for me is simply letting tomorrow be a place where you wait to see what is coming and have hope for the result, regardless of what it may be. As you read this I wonder: * What does movement do for you? How can you inject more movement in your life? * Can you find it in you to wait without dreams or fears but just in stillness? * Can you find hope without needing to have hope for something specific? All too often, we equate hope with the thing we hope for. This week, can you try to make hope more a state of being that a state of longing? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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3 июл.

Be You

Can you know that those who you hold dear can feel it? Not because you show it actively but simply because it's true. Can you see the ripples that spring from your soul and embrace your impact on the world? Can you be, be big, and be you? We all feel lonely sometimes. As I write this piece on a Saturday, it has been quite the lonely week, not because of anything anyone did. But I was sick for a few days and alone for a few more. And in those moments of loneliness, I think I’m hurt more by the fact that I feel invisible than the fact that there is nobody around. But I’ve learned through this journey that there are people who see you every day, whether they are with you or not. They hear your voice, they feel your touch, you are there in every way but the physical. For me, it’s a small number of people but it’s more than zero. And in my loneliest moments, that one anchor is what keeps me centered. As you read this I wonder: * Where do you believe you have presence every day? * What can you do to honor the presence you have? * How do you give more people the opportunity to truly hold you dear? I hope you don’t read this as an invocation to do something big and bold to be remembered. It’s almost the opposite. As we close out the week, can you be you, clearly and unapologetically, and know you are heard? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

2 мин.
1 июл.

Thanks for All

Can you meet it all with gratitude? The love, the anger, the joy, the sorrow, the peace, the struggle, all of it? Because all of it has made you you, has made you a shining light in the universe and a beacon to eyes that see. The first thing that I see in this intention is the “you you.” Part of me wants to change it but I’m not going to because when I wrote it, that’s how I wrote it. But in a way that’s a metaphor for this intention in total. I need to accept that I wrote you you and see the entirety of the intention for what it is, not just the one part that strikes the grammar policeman inside of me. More broadly, I think it’s a lot easier to have gratitude for the good stuff, the stuff that feels good, feels right, feels like progress. But, for me at least, that’s not me. I’m not a beacon of pure light, there are dark streaks within and those give the light texture, balance, and strength. So I’m still trying to learn to give thanks for those darker pieces. My head knows they matter. My heart still struggles. As you read this I wonder: * How much of what is and what you are do you give thanks for? * Do you see the impact of your light often, sometimes, or maybe even rarely? * And, did you notice the you you the way that I did? In one sense, we are beings of light. We shine brightly and broadly. But we don’t shine constantly or in one spectrum. Can you give a little more thanks for the pieces that may be harder to love but are no less critical to the light you bring? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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29 июн.

Beneath Change

As the sun rises on a new day, can you take note of the colors and of the progression? Can you see the change in hue, the change in intensity? Can you realize that underneath that constant change is perpetual beauty? Can you see that as a metaphor for you and for your soul? A sunrise or a sunset over the water may be my favorite visual space. Not because it’s “beautiful” though it is but rather because of the constant change in visuals that it brings. The pattern is neither constant nor predictable but you know it’s going to change and change quickly. And through all the change, it maintains its beauty. Now it’s a lot harder for me to internalize that metaphor as this intention asks me to do. Our souls are similar. They are constantly changing, sometimes more quickly and sometimes more slowly; and they are always beautiful, at least to those few who we truly allow to see them. As you read this I wonder: * Do you believe in the beauty of your soul? * Do you believe you need to freeze it to hold on to that beauty or can you accept the wonder of change? * Who do you show it to, fully and without reservation? Is there truly anyone? Believing in the constant beauty of your soul is for me at least a life’s journey. It is at the center of my constant becoming. This week, can you open the door a little wider and let just one more person see more of who you are? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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26 июн.

The Arc of Life

Do you really fear the future or do you only fear what lies between here and there? Can you focus on what will be through the arc of the rest of your life and recognize that the near term challenges are just that, things to overcome on your path to someday? This week we’ve been talking about anxiety, fear and overcoming it. That’s in part because for the last week or so, I’ve felt increasingly stuck so I wanted to spend a little time with my past thoughts on the topic. I think many of my fears are not about a future state but about things that will prevent me from getting to the place I think I belong. As such, they are things I can move through and get to the other side of. But they are also things that keep coming back in one form or another. I sometimes wonder why I am afraid of these bumps in the road. Do I have so little faith in my own ability to overcome or instead is it an indication that maybe I am less certain of my destination than I might think? As you read this I wonder: * Can you draw the distinction between a point on the journey and the destination? * Can you embrace the challenges and grow? * Can you hold your someday lightly, never making it so specific that the paths to it constrict too much? As we close out the week, I want to thank you for sitting with me as we talk about the harder part. Can you greet your weekend with thanks for what you have overcome and confidence that you are never alone? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

2 мин.
24 июн.

(Un)stuck

Can you meet the day confident in who you are and the value you bring? Can you turn anxiety into action? Can you know that you are moving forward no matter how stuck you feel? If I had one thing I’d want stenciled in the inside of my eyelids, it would be “Can you turn anxiety into action?” It’s probably the mantra I come back to the most when I am anxious. Sitting with anxiety is one of the things that I have the hardest time doing. I want to fix it and to make it go away. But sometimes there is no action other than the passage of time that will address our anxiety. Indeed, more often than not, this seems to be the case. Anxiety is about the future and so sometimes all we can do is wait for it to come. However, this does not mean we cannot turn anxiety into action. We just need to accept the action may not directly treat the anxiety. As you read this I wonder: * How are you defining the value you bring? * Do you believe that action can reduce anxiety even if the action doesn’t directly change the cause? * Does moving forward feel like progress even when you might get pushed off the path for a bit? I now am pretty sure that action, almost any productive action, helps me treat anxiety. Can you find a way this week to move ahead even when you may not be moving directly on your path? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com

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