Post Christmas, pre New Years. My favorite week of the year. The holiday madness is over, the world slows down, I cozy up by the tree for some gentle reflection and future dreaming.
This year however, I have been thrown into a different kind of reflection.
Not so warm and cozy and more blistering fire. Literally. You see I burned my hand on Christmas day. Badly. While it is healing miraculously fast and well (heart swelling, deep soul gratitude for the grace that this potentially devastating burn is just very painful), I am limited as to what I can do for a while.
Good news, any and all housework is out! Thankfully, typing and knitting are workable so I can keep up pretty well on work and pleasure projects. But even a brisk walk causes my hand to burn because of the increased blood flow.
Slow and calm is my medicine right now.
The burn was simple accident. I was making a Dutch Baby for Christmas breakfast and grabbed the screaming hot skillet filled with puffy goodness without a pot holder. I was busy talking, I was tired, I was distracted from what I was doing, I needed a plate and then, Owww! These things happen.
Except.
For days I had been getting whispers. You know, those teeny, tiny moments; those quiet, subtle inner voices giving you important guidance. Mine had been telling me to slow down. To stop pushing so hard. To relax into all that was happening instead of fighting and trying to dominate it like an opponent. To connect into my body and find my trust that all was well and everything would get done.
And yet, I pushed. I went faster. I squeezed just four more things in every day even though I was exhausted. I said yes when I wanted to say no. Not from a place of fullness, generosity or inspiration, but from urgency, obligation, and scarcity.
And I got burned.
And so I stopped.
Trying for perfection. Doing more than I wanted. Pushing to get even more done. Over riding my inner knowing and rhythm. All old lessons of mine it is time to revisit. It would be so easy to make myself wrong for needing to back to my own personal spiritual growth 101. To shame myself for having to relearn this old stuff yet again!
But all of us, we will always be revisiting of our personal basics courses.
Re-enrolling in “Self Care 101” or “Beginning Boundary Setting for Accommodating Women”, or “Introduction to Listening to Your Intuition.”
Not because you or I are not learning our lessons, but because life changes. WE change. Our growth and expansion needs to be more deeply rooted in foundation or else we would fall over. Think of a huge tree with shallow or weak roots. It is a crash waiting to happen. Our personal 101’s are our roots essential nutrients.
When you find yourself thinking “I can’t believe I am here again, I thought I handled this one” remember that you did handle it.
You learned the lesson and now life is asking you to revisit the wisdom. Learn it newly from this place. Because growth is happening, something bigger is in store for you. Something new is on the horizon and the Unseens are showing you how to deepen your roots so you can embrace all that is yours to claim.
What are your personal growth, spiritual awareness basics classes?
How do you know if it is time to revisit any?
Is the new year calling you to something more, think about revisiting some of your personal/spiritual 101’s.
I wish you rich discovery and glittering unfolding as the New Year awaits!
Just don’t forget the potholders. Expansion is hot.
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