last week.
new perspectives.
this week.
new friends.
people from portugal.
kind.
curious.
helpful.
proud.
warm.
experiences of a lifetime in the last ten days.
a subtle yet substantial shift.
as the physical world’s boundaries shrink, my inner world expands.
why do i travel?
one essential reason.
to gain as many perspectives as i can.
only one hour after arriving in portugal, a startling revelation.
a novel way to approach a key coaching concern, unexpected clarity.
.
one day last week i wrote this journal reminder to myself:
breathe.
take one day at a time.
reorder my priorities.
elevate the important.
fill my life with only purposeful endeavors.
begin anew.
i looked at the calendar.
ash wednesday.
how apropos.
lately i’ve been thinking a lot about lines of continuity.
those wiry overlooked threads in our lives
that remain the same from beginning to end.
despite the ephemeral twists and turns
that we as individuals might encounter along the way.
do you ever feel intense pressure from other people?
do you feel bombarded by insinuations?
(spoken out loud or simply felt.)
do you feel overwhelmed, overloaded?
with a deluge of . . .
the world is vast.
and i am forever finding my place in it.
i have found that visioning in the vast helps.
my vision board for 2015 centers around my word of the year:
ESPRIT.
and around ALL that this word conjures up.
I’ve said it before.
I see eating disorder recovery as a journey, a discovery, a stepping stone along the way to becoming a fully integrated person. I see the women who go through this process as extremely bold and beautiful individuals.
“the most common despair is not choosing, or willing, to be oneself.
but the deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than oneself.”
~19th century danish philosopher soren kierkegaard
who are you?
do you even know?
two days ago i was feeling blah.
unproductive. lacking energy.
that overall sensation of listlessness that sometimes pays a visit.
and a close friend said to me:
“esprit is a great word for this year!
the cure to your blahs.
you are . . .
strong.
good.
determined.
you are enough.
you will . . .
persevere.
endure.
keep going.
you do enough.
so many possible worries . . .
about your health.
about your relationships.
about your money.
