Expectations and the sound of silence
Welcome to Earthmail,
This is the email that reminds you to get outside and experience the beautiful wonders of this planet we live on ♥
I am currently in Whangamata, New Zealand (where this photo was taken) which is my favourite place on this earth. It’s where I feel grounded and free at the same time, where I find it easiest to connect with myself, and with nature, and even though I have been coming here for 30 years, it is a constant source of inspiration for me.
Where is your place?
Have you been lately?
Should you be thinking about going?
Making time for ourselves isn’t easy. There is work-time, family-time, partner-time, kids-time, exercise-time, sleep-time. There’s not enough hours in the day, right?
Ask yourself though, which version of you is showing up to all these ‘times’?
Are you prioritising quantity (time spent) over quality (best version of you)?
Putting yourself first, even for a few mins a day or an hour or two a week, allows you to recharge/reinvigorate YOU. This then helps you to be the best version of you as an employee, family member, partner, parent - human.
Do not limit your experiences by existing day-to-day as a lesser version of yourself.
Make time – get to your place - BE YOU!
Your life will thank you for it.
(sneak two mins for yourself right now with the reading meditation below!)
sending love + good vibes,
Kayla
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Expectations and why you should manage them
Your mind is creative yes, but it is not as creative as the universe! So, if you're holding on to an expectation about what something, or someone, should look like, be or act, you might just be setting yourself up for disappointment (as shown in my pic below).
What are expectations?
Put it this way - if expectation was a recipe then the ingredients would be "the past" as this is all our minds can work with. The ironic thing about that is that most of us are looking for change, or something new! To me they feel like a trap...
Some ideas on how to manage them:
Drop them completely (without compromising your needs)
Swap them for intentions
Detach from all outcomes knowing that everything is unfolding just as it's meant to (whether you saw it happening that way or not)
Open yourself up to the unknown because it is in this surrender that we can invite the magic!
There is a special path for you - and if it's a bushwalk and you're you're running around looking a road, do you think you will find it?
TRUST THE PROCESS
AND TRUST YOURSELF
Use the affirmation below to help this week:
"WHEN I DROP EXPECTATIONS I CAN ACCEPT AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AS IT IS"
(INSTEAD OF WHAT IT "SHOULD" BE)
