Making a List, Checking it Twice

(Ring Ring...)

Tan:  Hello?

Mom:  Are you writing your blog?

Tan:  No.  I don't know what to write about.  I got nothing.  So, I'm organizing my closets.

Mom:  Write about that.

In church today, the lecturer spoke about distractions.  She reminded us about how we are all connected to each other and to the Divine and that we are ALWAYS connected that way - but sometimes we forget.  Sometimes we have "Divine Attention Deficit Disorder."

That explains a lot.  Could that be the reason why we can feel lonely for no good reason at all or why good friends can feel like unfamiliar strangers all of a sudden?  Is this why it can feel like we're not going anywhere or don't have anything - when in reality we have absolutely everything we need and are exactly where we are supposed to be?

It reminds me of the holidays and how easy it is to get distracted.  It's all too easy to do what we, in our family, call twirling.  Twirling is what you do when you're not sure which way to go.  You start to go one way, then something catches your attention in the other direction so you turn and go that way instead.  This keeps happening until pretty soon you feel like you're running all over, but you're really going nowhere except around in circles.  If it happens when you're Christmas shopping - that's when you know it's time to go home and get organized.  Make a list and stick to it.  

Okay.  Can't we apply that solution to the spiritual twirl as well?  Let's see... if a list were to help me out of a spiritual twirl, what would that list look like?  Something like this?

This week, I'll try to stay focused.  I'll make lists for tasks to be accomplished and get something done.  I'll also carry around this spiritual reminder list.  If I feel myself beginning to twirl, I'll go home and regroup.  Maybe I'll organize my closets or something.  :)

Namaste,

T

P.S.

Ever since thinking of this title (Making a List, Checking it Twice),  I've been walking around the house singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."  So, I found this on Youtube:

xoxo!!!

If You're Gonna Twirl, Stick the Landing

Hi Guys!

As I twirl… trying to think of something to say…

In our house, we came up with a concept that we call “twirling.”  It's that thing you do when you don’t seem to know WHAT to do and you feel overwhelmed.  It's when you end up going in circles instead of in any one particular direction.  You might say you're twirling if it's Christmas Eve and you're standing in the center of the mall running through (in your mind) all of the things that you have yet to do and you literally can't pick a direction to walk in.

It's been a week packed with activity and more to come this week as well.  My mind swims with concepts and bits and fragments of everything.  There are many irons in the fire, many songs to finish, many decisions to make, much work to be done.  Sound familiar?  (Don't we all face some version of this?)

A few things stand out this week in my search for guidance...

One is this quote and the wisdom contained therein:

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”

- Nelson Mandela

Another is the concept from Carolyn Myss about managing your power:

“Can you manage the energy?... Because if you can't manage the energy consciously, it will manage you unconciously... Either you get managed unconsciously, or you begin to manage yourself consciously.” 

Also, she says:

“Most people live their lives making decision based on illusion and then running into the high altitudes to heal versus living in the high altitudes, making the decision and then coming down and managing the consequences of a decision made from a higher altitude.”

Tonight, I will relax with this cup of ginger tea and rest well.  Tomorrow will come without any help from me.  I will then manage one task at a time – with ease and confidence – one foot in front of the other – with confidence and clarity.  I may sometimes twirl, but I WILL stick the landing.

That’s the plan.

Namaste!

Click here for three EXCELLENT short videos with Caroline Myss (and Oprah)

Behind the wheel of my own destiny...

1) (2014, March). Nelson Mandela > Quotes. Goodreads.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014 from http://www.goodreads.com.

2) Myss, Caroline. Finding Your Sacred Contract. Hay House, 2003. CD.