Baby steps all the way

When we start out in life we have no choice but to take baby steps in all that we do because we are babies.

As we grow up and learn stuff we start trying to run. We run to keep up with our peers, we run because we are told we 'should', we run because we think we already have the answers.

But where are we running to?

Often, with all this running, we hit a wall. Perhaps it is a wall of disease, perhaps it's one of stress or depression, or maybe it is one of divorce or separation. Upon hitting the wall we are forced to re-evaluate our situation and think about who we are and why we are doing what we're doing.

When we are running, we are too busy to think about these things, we are stuck in the activity trap. I used to have a job where I regularly worked 10 hour days and commuted 5 hours a day, in the evening all I could so was collapse into bed, often not even taking time to eat anything, only to get up the next morning and do it all again. And I wondered why I had no energy to do anything at the weekend. It wasn't until I left the job that I recognised the damaging effect it was having on my life and my physical body. It took almost 4 months before I was back to my normal energy levels and sleep patterns. It is so easy to get stuck in the hamster wheel of life.

What can we do about that? . . .       TAKE BABY STEPS

Hitting a wall in some area of our life forces us to stop and take stock. It is at that point that we are forced to slow back down and start taking baby steps. Become child like in our approach, stop thinking that we already have the answers and that we know what is best and start listening for the still small voice of our inspiration to guide us. And it will guide us. We just need to take the moments to be still and know that we are so much more than the rushing, competing, exhausted person we have become.

When we take time to develop a conversation with our inspiration it is totally amazing what happens. Long since forgotten thoughts return to us and ignite old passions, we take journeys for no reason and meet the partner of our dreams, we have books fall on our head that provide the perfect answer to our question. All these things can happen when we allow ourselves to become quiet and centred instead of rushing headlong into the next drama.

Dr. Andrew Weill says not counting diet and exercise if he could only prescribe one thing to every patient he sees it would be 10 minutes a day of conscious breathing. Sit still and focus only on your breath for 10 minutes! That can fix up your life. Only 10 minutes, that's all it takes. So do it.

Do it now and don't wait until you hit the wall.

The most important choice you make is what you choose to make important

I always ask my students the same question when they tell me they don't have time to meditate or spend 10 minutes breathing consciously every day:  "If I gave you £1m to find the time, could you find it?"
The answer is invariably YES, so it's not that you don't have the time, it's that you haven't yet made it a priority in your life. Like everything else, you are the only thinker in your mind and you can choose what you make important.

If you want more of the good stuff, I invite you to make these choices:

1. Breathe consciously for 10 minutes every day
2. Spend 5 minutes before you get out of bed being grateful for all you have
3. Become child like in your awe and amazement for the world you live in
4. Decided to up your energy, be positive and have fun.

My first daily affirmation is: "I expect a spectacular day."

I wish you an equally spectacular day. Enjoy.

In Love

Juliet x