"It's very important that kids learn about and understand their feelings. But it's also true that feelings need to be recognized for what they are: temporary, changing conditions. They are states, not traits. They're like the weather. Rain is real, and we'd be foolish to stand in a downpour and act as if it weren't actually raining. But we'd be just as foolish to expect that the sun will never reappear. We need to help children understand that the clouds of their emotions can (and will) roll on by."

- Dr. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., "The Whole-Brain Child."

When life teaches you to keep reaching for the stars

When I thought all was enough. I have amazing reminders to keep reaching for the stars.

‎"if we ran a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. it just keeps returning with new names, forms, and manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality, how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves." --pema chodron

What does it mean to be at the peripheral, when I want to embody and search for the center. Feeling on the peripheral and wanting the opportunity to be a part of, wholeness, there looking out and seeing this new road, traveling and learning together.

The ship changed course and it was okay, I was able to see other options. I wasn't in my desolate black and white thinking. I was able to see a new shore. I was able to begin to breathe again and know that, baby, every little thing is going to be alright.

What happens when road blocks are present How do you take on a new meaning and perception if life just keeps putting curve balls in your face. For so long: loss was I. I was loss. I redefined and I want my meaning to be about gaining. I'm trying to gain, to embrace a "holy gaining" and all I am getting served is loss. Wtf. Come on life. I am trying and all I get is loss after the next. Throw this girl a bone- I sat on the Atlantic and I truly felt an authentic "I am ready" and all I get is subtraction. I am not good at math, however I am smart enough to understand that tides change and I am ready for my tide changer. Addition come to me (hehe). I am ready to embrace. Patience can be a little bitch sometimes, excuse the french.

Embrace your little monsters

Embrace your little monsters. Your little monsters can be many things, the insecurities and fears that creep up on you. I have mine and this past week I feel like I have indeed been reminded of my little monsters. I fear my little monsters, but I had a thought... maybe it is time to give a little lovin to my little monsters. Instead of fearing these creatures of doubt and insecurity... what would happen if I acknowledged them, sat with them, gave them some attention? What would it look like to be present with my little monsters, and if I faced them head on would they really be that scary? Would they be all that I had them cracked up to be, and maybe just maybe I might love my little monsters. After all, they indeed might keep me grounded, humbled, and in check. This week I was reminded of my little monsters and maybe it's okay to be attentive to them and they might just teach you a thing or two.