Our Energetic Clothes

This morning I was reading a blog post from Danika Salmans Glory Strength and Beauty Blog talking about the clothes we wear. She draws a connection between our physical clothes and our emotional clothes. Danika's blog uses bible verses to highlight and pull together the theme and the guidance in a lovely way. She asks a great set of questions. What energetic clothes are you wearing? What do you choose to take on? How do you change your energetic clothes?

I know what clothes are my favorite to wear. They are old, and I am still a little confused at how to take them off. My favorite clothes are the over-thinking, over-worrying, doing waaaay more then I need to, and wound-a-little-too-tight clothes. They are old clothes. they wear like that nostalgic pear of sneakers that are full of holes, and don't protect your feet from thorns or water. Another set of clothes that are in the theme of wound-too-tight is distractedness. I struggle to focus. As I work to keep all of the little balls that I am managing moving forward, I get stressed. Stress brings not acting like my best-self.

What do I do to let go of these clothes? Danika's blog talks about spending time in prayer. That is absolutley one of my steps. I stop, and notice first that my life has become unmanagable, and I'm reverting to my not-best-self behaviors. It's time to stop and meditate, to connect with my Higher Power, admit I'm over-doing, and ask for guidance. Then I listen. The answers always come, and often in unexpected ways. One of my Higher-Power's favorites ways to help me shuck the over doing and slow down is for me to get sick. As I write this I"m sitting here with a snuffly nose and cough. Honestly it's one of the best tools for me to cancel the things I said yes to, when I should have said no. I'd really rather have a better tool, but until I can learn to value my quiet time over every other opportunity, I will have to live with the get-sick tool. Thanks HP, I'm truly grateful for this time. Now can we try something else?

What tools, or clothes, do I want in my life, and how am I getting them? I love it when I have the times of peacefullness. When I feel connected to everything, and feel the joy of the energy of life around me. I love it when I can radiate that calm deep love energy. It comes with beeing in love with my soul, in gratitude for my my body, in love beauty of the world around me. It brings a quiet focused knowing that all is well. The best part of these energetic clothes is the joy I have to share it with others. How do I get there? I meditate, and I ask for guidance from my Higher-Power. I keep a gratitude journal that I write in at night. What am I grateful happened today? At the beginning of the day, I set intenentions for how my day looks and feels. What am I curious about? I note the things I want to know more about in my intention list.

What clothes have I left behind? What clothes have been presented to me that I said no thank you to? I've left behind victimhood and blaming. When there is a problem, I acknowledge my part of the problem, and work on that. I let go of the other person's part of the problem. Enightening others of the ills of their ways alway results in me being unhappy, and them still un-enlightened. When I need to create space from a situation or person because their behavior is taking me from my best, I figure out how to put distance between us in a loving way that honors my soul. I've had the opportunity to take on resentment. I've had to deal with the desire for revenge. I've danced on the knife edge between holding someone accountable for their actions, being the one to define the consequences of those actions, and acting out of revenge and a desire to hurt because I was hurt. How did I deal with this? I have a strong desire to tend that inner garden, to keep it thriving and full of colorful life. I knew that if I followed the feelings of resentment, and revenge I would damage the soil of my inner garden. I meditated, I talked to my wise friends. I prayed, and I wrote, and I trusted God's divine timing.

It's funny that I see a theme. Meditate. Recognize. Be aware when you are going into a time of un-managability. Ask. Ask God, your Higher-Power, the Ether, the Universe for assistance. Listen for the answers to come. Be Grateful for what you have. Practice it every day. Set Intentions so you know your dreams. Listen more. Follow your best guidance, Act with loving care.