Another digital creation inspired by Day 40’s prompt of Patti Digh’s Project 137
Draw a map of your head and your heart today. In whatever form you'd like.
What's in there?
Who's in there?
I’ve spent years learning to “master” my mind but it’s only been in the past two that I’ve felt I’ve begun to understand why it always seemed to master me and how to turn that around. Worry, anxiety, obsessive thinking…things we all do to some extent, can begin to take over and run the show when we hit a bump in the road of life.
The survival instinct’s job is to keep us alive. Most of us no longer have to worry about the sabre tooth tiger devouring us but we still need to be aware if we’re stepping into the path of an oncoming bus. It has a job to do but when it begins to take over and convince us we need to control every aspect of our life and environment, it's to our advantage to learn how to calm it down.
Accessing that calm center allows my heart to speak to me in ways that I can “hear”…with Insight, inspiration, joy, and love.
At the moment, my father is in the final stage of his physical life and although there have been moments of deep grief and physical weariness, I’m realizing that for the most part, my heart is finally running the show. That’s not to say that I’m never tempted to travel the freeway of anxiety or obsessive thinking but hallelujah!…I now quickly recognize when I’m on that road and can reroute myself back to my centered space, lickety split.
What a relief it is to be able to navigate the map to new territory!
Many blessings to everyone and thank you for visiting. It's lovely to know that so many of us will be looking up into the sky tonight and marveling at the same beautiful, full harvest moon. It's one amazing thing that we all share together.
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