May Cause Miracles: Week 2

After a great first week, I was excited to have a new daily affirmation on my journey, and continue learning. My morning reflection, daily affirmation, and evening reflection have really become part of my routine. Having my daily affirmation readily available to me all day without carrying around my book is great. And I have found that while in my evening reflection in my meditation space, I scan over the past affirmations as well. The meditation space has been a blessing, and I will even put on some music while I'm journaling which I think helps me put my emotions onto paper. My favourite meditation space music has been Krishna Das.
I also spent a lot of time writing in my journal this week, and it has really proven to be a great outlet for reflecting on fears that come up for me, and how I've reacted to them, or how I've now made a choice to react to them differently.


Day 8 Affirmation

Choosing to see love instead of fear is harder than it sounds. But this week I was at least able to make myself aware of the times I was choosing to see fear in a situation. That awareness made it possible for me to stop for a minute and say "Hey wait a second! Why am I looking at it this way?". Then I was able to see love in that same situation and conquer my ego.


Day 9 Affirmation

Self-doubt has got to be one of the biggest fear driven barriers. When you doubt yourself, you hold yourself back from opportunities, love, and most importantly miracles. That's a big pill to swallow, but it's even harder to work on eradicating self-doubt.

My horoscope on Day 9-I thought this was a pretty fitting horoscope for  this journey I am on!



Day 10 Affirmation

Day 9's evening reflection was a little interesting for me. We were instructed to get a hand mirror and while looking at ourself say "I love you" 3 or more times. It was definitely awkward. Afterwards, we were to "ing-write" (just put pen to paper and let it all go) for 10 minutes with the topic "I will love myself fully" as our inspiration. 


Day 11 Affirmation

Today's affirmation made me think of that saying "Stop and smell the roses". Appreciate where you are today in your life, be grateful for everything you are or have in this moment. Our evening reflection today entailed making a list of everything we were grateful for in relation to ourselves. It was a little difficult because we often don't think about being grateful for what we are. I think this is a good affirmation to think of everyday. Like when I walked outside to see that my tulips had fully bloomed and were so colourful. Or when my pup gave me a million kisses. 

Day 12 Affirmation

Day 12's affirmation has been my favourite thus far. I really used this one that day. I found so many fearful or self-sabotaging thoughts coming up, and every time (even if I was having the same thought multiple times) I would think back to the affirmation and apply it. I would ask forgiveness of myself for having that thought, and then I would wonder where it was coming from. Most of the time I realized it was because I was afraid of some outcome, the unknown, or that something was wrong with me. 

Day 13 Affirmation

In my morning meditation today I really focused on being happy for my friends and sending them lots of love and positivity. I also thought a lot about the reflection passage which basically said that every time you choose love over fear it's a miracle. It really is. Choosing love instead of fear can change the outcome of a situation, how you feel about something, someone, or yourself, and can lead you down a completed different path. 

My pup Mowgli enjoying my meditation space. A family that meditates together stays together?

Mowgli has become mildly obsessed with coming into my meditation space with me. He is always sniffing at my candle, or licking my face while I'm trying to sit in silence. It brings a genuine happiness to my heart and makes me want to be more like a dog. Someone that loves others unconditionally, and is curious about the most mundane things. It sounds crazy, but he really is my little buddy. He makes me happy when I'm feeling low, he keeps me active and gets me outside on the days that I really don't want to leave the house, and he's always there to snuggle:)

Net week's focus is around body image and how our ego causes us to look at ourselves through fear, which can then cause us to turn to food, drugs/alcohol, or other additions.



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