Pausing posting here on Bluesky for now...

SOMETIMES, SOME DAYS...

...are just for getting through. Then we reset and start again. Start better and stronger when we can too.

Let's make a better week for ourselves & others, friends. 🍵🗓️🙌

#ResetAndRecharge #restart #beginagain #startnow #justbegin #letsdothis #haiku #haikusforawakenings

WHAT IF WE RECHARGED OURSELVES...?!

Great to ask and answer this question of ourselves regularly. #notetoself #reminder #rest #recharge #now

Photo stumbled upon at mindful media @elephantjournal.bsky.social's Elephant Meditation FB Page

WHO'S YOUR NUMBER ONE?

This is an invitation & challenge for us all to START PUTTING OUR NEEDS, JOYS & GROWTH FIRST, TRUSTING THAT THE ATTENTION, LOVE & CARE WE POUR INTO OURSELVES WILL ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO FLOW OUT TO OTHERS (it's kinda hard for these NOT to)...

...SO, do you accept?

👇👌🫶

TAKE A MINDFUL PAUSE

When you need to pause,
go do it. The world can wait;
your peace and health can't.

~ Pauline Apilado

#pause #rest #recharge #reflect #refocus #mindful #selfcare #peace #health #notetoself #reminder #invitation #encouragement #haiku #poem #poetry #writing #paulineapilado

👇 Have a good life living the spirit of Easter, everyone: Rise. Bloom. Bear fruit. 🌱🌻🌴

WHEN THE WORLD IS JUST TOO MUCH,
we need to give ourselves and each other a break.
We need to be a little more gentle
with ourselves and each other.
We need to be a real friend
to ourselves and to each other.

This is how we make it through tough and trying times,
together.

Read @ ElephantJournal!

Here's how you & I can break the flow of the bad to find more of the good, especially in these tough & trying times:

"I will need breaks every now & then to breathe deep, re-center myself,
reset my focus, have a laugh or two and
remember that life, as a whole, is still wonderful."

BREAKING BAD

She has a calm
like no other.
She has possibilities
but she's only
lis'ning
seeing
heeding
what stubbornly calls her soul
and no other.

~ Pauline Apilado, STUBBORN CALLING

P.S. That may be your #trueself #calling. So go meet her. Get to know & be friends with her. Take care of her, now & always.

...relax in the calm certainty
that you deserve
the truest desires of your heart,
are taking impactful steps towards them
and playing hand-in-hand with the Universe
in ushering them into being.
It's all in your mindful
intention, action & co-creation.
Keep at 'em, love.

RELAX, LOVE... (excerpt)

PAY ATTENTION

I am learning to pay attention to the "small things" in #life ...and discovering & experiencing deeply EVERYTHING I need in and with them:

Comfort
Healing
Rest
Peace
Solidarity
Wonder
Beauty
Joy
Strength
Love

May you do, feel & experience the same. <3

~ Pau with Nanay

"A dysregulated adult can't regulate anybody else. If you can't take care of yourself, you won't be effective in regulating your children, showing up as the best version of yourself in relationships, and more. This is why it's important to remember that SELF-CARE ISN'T SELFISH; IT'S ESSENTIAL."

RELAX, LOVE.

You spent decades trying to take advantage of opportunities, following every little nudge and chasing possibilities
from your career to your love life.
Now that you finally feel safe and at home in your own body & soul,
enough no matter what happens
and loved for who you really are...👇

CHARGE UP ON LOVE 💓

Let them spend all their energy giving you hate. You will be saved each time by the love you happily receive from generous Mama Nature, your creative rituals, your nurturing self and reciprocating souls. Make sure you always charge up from these renewable sources of love.

In personally & globally overwhelming times, let's remember to K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple, sweetheart.) 😘

JUST REST

Being hooked on social media and the news for most of my day is tiring me out right now.

My challenge then, should I choose to accept it, is BEING AWARE OF AND PAUSING MY ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS when they set in...

...then CHOOSING TO GO BACK TO MY MORE NOURISHING, HEALTHIER HABITS.

"What we need to do now is to give ourselves - and each other - the space and grace to honor our own needs and heed our own rhythms of beginning, pausing and then starting again... Let's begin again whenever & however we need to."

~ Pauline Apilado in TAKE THIS TINY BADASS POEM INTO YOUR NEW YEAR

From chaos to #dancingstar: