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| mae chevrette |
How did you learn to trust yours? Is it something that comes with ease, or do you often second guess yourself?
I rarely second-guess myself anymore but find that the deeper things (or the ones that don't make sense) are the ones I need to follow-through. Battling old messages and beliefs about self and heart are the biggest obstacles to overcome, but they are vital to living a whole, healed life.
I would say it is a matter of life and death.
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senses shared
read: love notes from friends, emails, and twitter stream. I am not a faithful twitter-er.
taste: coffee.
see: Spring burgeoning outside my window; the explosion of leaves. The plants I need to water.
hear: Happy springtime birdies and the spin cycle on the washing machine
smell: incense ~ my all time favorite: "love" from Life in San Francisco. I buy them by the hundreds.
touch: Coolness of the early morning wind. I love that it swishes over and across my skin. I feel embraced.
think: Need to pack lunch for work. Looking for an affordable bodhran. Trying to find a drum circle.
feel: Serene. Resolving to trust myself and my intuition more.
Your turn! :-)
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what a beautiful piece of artwork to express words so, so true! love it!
ReplyDeleteLove the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteFeel: Loved and Full
Think: I need to encourage two friends today and remember to phone them.
Touch: Loving my two boys soft morning cheeks and soft fuzzy heads.
Smell: Wishing it was coffee! Too tired to make some yet...
Hear: My daughter watching Full House re runs.
See: The beautiful soul of you. So glad I found you...
Read: WONDERFUL emails and comments from a community of bloggers that has become my family and given me more gifts than I can ever give back!
See: A small rose bush blooming in our home.
I am working hard to not second guess myself too. Trust myself and believe I have all the tools I need to be me in this crazy place. You are so right, it is vital battle all part of the human being experience.
ReplyDeletei'm trying to get better at trusting my heart...but it's hard. and that hardness stems from a lifetime of being pounded down by Jeremiah 17:9 (The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?) and being told that that is the absolute truth; ergo, one should never trust their heart. it will deceive them. *sigh* it's hard to override things that have been drilled into your skull. but i am getting there. each time i talk to someone about being true to yourself, and each time i write about my dreams...i get a little closer.
ReplyDeleteread: German. notes, textbook, workbook, homework...
taste: um...water? does that count? it doesn't really have a taste...
see: hot sunny sky and...my water bottle.
smell: dinner. spaghetti but not really because it's penne because i forgot to buy the other noodles.
hear: random cars driving by. footsteps outside. the hum of my computer.
touch: my textbook and a gazillion papers. my palms are getting sweaty because it's hot in here but i refuse to turn the AC on in March.
think: i'm STARVING and need to eat SOON.
feel: stressed and exhausted. trying to find peace and serenity in the midst of the madness...
(did that submit? sometimes i can't tell...if it did, don't post my comment twice even though i'm submitting it twice. technically. :P )
read: "Lash out at your images of God. Tear down what you created. Build something new. Believe God can take it." Breaking Up With God {Thanks for recommending this book, Rain}
ReplyDeletetaste: decaf black tea with milk
see: band-aid on my knuckle, because winter weather + washing dishes = split skin {ouch}
hear: silence {so delicious, wish I could eat it by the truck load!}
smell: chicken noodle soup
touch: layers of clothing
think: I want to shrug things off better and not be concerned with defending myself
feel: heaviness and hope
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I started trusting my own voice because I loved what I heard. I loved it so much that I was willing to risk, to be in pain, to let go, to not have the approval of others.
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Love hearing your heart. <3
read: traveling mercies - anne lammot
ReplyDeletetaste: lemonade
see: lolcats sent to a friend (cause sometimes i'm hopelessly silly)
hear: click click of the keyboard
smell: mandarin orange candle
touch: bare feet against the hard plastic of the foot rest thingy under my desk.
think: so glad it's thursday
feel: tired
CHILLS!!! I LOVE THIS QUOTE!
ReplyDeleteO my gracious!! I copied and pasted it and put it on my desktop! Love it!
YES, it is so true!
Being as I was raised to do ABC to = Pleasing God.
Along with the whole, " never trust your heart, it's so evil" teaching.
I have NEVER trusted myself.
But NOW that I know that God doesn't want me to be Him, but to be ME...perfectly and wholly ME, I am learning to trust me.
It's a process because I have done a number on myself, and have shamed the shit out of myself for so long.
This might sound strange, but I feel as if I am building a trust with myself. Kind of like I have been so cruel and mean to this person inside... she reminds me of a little sister. She is precious, and I have looked at her as a problem to fix and a burden to have inside.
Now I am seeing her for who she really is, and she is lovely.. she is worthy of lavish love...she needs to be shown that...and I think through that, trust will come.
I am the QUEEN of second guessing..but learning to NOT do that anymore...because most the time that initial gut feeling is spot on.
Beautiful words you have shared. I love that you trust you. It inspires me that I will trust me one day.
xo
read: Started Twilight.. ha ha... watched the movies with my daughter, and I am totally sucked in.
taste: Mis cafe con creme' ;)
see: clear morning sky.
hear: neighbors big ol' diesel truch pulling out, my dog Sammy chewing on his blanket (he is a seam lover)... and birds singing.
smell: morning air from my open windows.
touch: a bit of coldness from the chill in the air this morning.
think: thinking of breakfast this morning for my lovies... and then going to take my love to the farmer's market, just him and I <3
feel: peaceful this morning. and grateful for life today. grateful for friends like you.
And you've inspired me. Thanks for pouring out your history, your determination for what you will do for your relationship with yourself. Love it! Thank you.
DeleteMuch love to you.
Janae.... thankyou for your words... so wonderful to know friends walking on the same path. Loves.. Amy
Deleteoh friend. your whole site, it's just so inspiring... every single post. you radiate hope. thank you.
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