There is a Moment

There exists a moment when you awaken into consciousness, but your mind and body have not yet engaged with the external world.

In the presence of this moment, worry and fear and grief can’t xo-exist.  

In this moment hangs the possibility that the email or the phone call or the money will arrive today. In this moment lives the possibility that a gift will arrive that in this moment is unimaginable.  

When the shadows intrude on your day, close your eyes, breathe deeply, and remember this moment. Have faith that life will bestow this moment on you every day, if you have awareness of it.  

Let the connection to this moment bring you hope and peace and joy.  

With gratitude for the gift of the moment, Gretchen

#Happy #LifeHack  

Looking Fear in the Face

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” Eleanor Roosevelt

What fears are yours to carry today? What fears belong to someone else? Does it serve you to carry others’ fears?  Finish this sentence, “If fear didn’t stop me, today I would _____.”

When we carry burdens that aren’t our own, we drain our energy. Leaving us less able to take meaningful action and feeling less happy. Causing us to perpetuate a negative spiral instead of a positive spiral.

Let’s lift as we rise, Gretchen

#Happy #LifeHack