The Daily Do

If you’re struggling, talk to someone. This is part of nature’s will, for us to strive together, to join hands and climb the hill. Too far and wide are we Daily Doers to know each other's problems, and far too wide apart are we to reach right in and solve them. But we can bare up, and share the load, talk and ask for help, walk the road ahead together and know we’ll live to tell the tale.

Nothing brings a sense of calm like connecting to the greater whole, soaking up the universe, drinking in this world. This world is you connected not a separate part observing, you’re a glorious cog in the majestic wheel of consciousness evolving. For example, the moon has been a constant for every single human being; that perspective can’t help but change the way you’re feeling!

It doesn’t take all that much for our wheels to wobble, a dread of overwhelm to appear and fear to sneak in. An abrupt text read into wrongly, a trip away from home, a cracked phone screen, a parking ticket or the day that’s gone on too long. We like to think we’re bigger than the petty parts of life, but these are straws on camels backs that can cause overwhelm and strife. Get things sorted, of course, but also laugh at 'little me', see the path as easy, bigger picture and be free.

When straining to be larger than life we sometimes barely live at all, then life rushes in and fills us up when we focus on the small. We are the sum of our day to day, the drip drip details of our lives, if we nourish and tend the little things, the giant in us thrives. Don’t trim your ever sprouting branches trying to shape how your life looks, shape the habits of your day, tend and shape the roots.

It feels good to think good and this, in essence, is the point. And from there more good things happen as it’s what your focused on. It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin, it feels false and superficial to choose positive, inspired thoughts as your old negatives dig in. But you can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle.

Procrastinating doesn’t feel good so forgive yourself as it's not selfish laziness. It’s a learnt behaviour of subconciously avoiding fears. This once worked for you but now creates more and more stress creating the baffling loop of hopes, fear, avoid then numb. Procrastinating is numbing fears, giving stress a break. That's ok, forgive yourself but then move to stop numbing and wake.

Like a hole in the bottom of the bucket of your dreams, if you dwell on negatives then this is how life seems. Criticism stings more than compliments soothe, we dwell on negatives, but imagine if we flipped this choice and fed on positives. Spend time with a compliment and give that more thought and weight, your bucket fills, your dreams expand and you dwell in the truth of what’s great.

To be who we truly are can feel like we are kids again, waiting to be allowed. But no-one tells you who to be, they’re just echoes from the past, not your Mum, your Dad or teachers; it’s you that holds you back. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are” said Carl Jung and to realise this fact halts the sitting waiting for life to settle before we start. If you want to be who you truly are, you must start today.

Let me talk a little of being truly lost. Fixing broken parts with broken tools, the pain, the cost. The slow divide from being, the journey from yourself, the waste a little faster, the shame that eats itself. The ocean liner sailing slowly, two degrees off course, the too late waves to the other boats, silent cries, "I’m lost, I’m lost!" Now, let me talk a little of how to find your way...

You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but, as chicks first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go!