Moms generally have a deep need to check in, to find out what is up with their offspring and how they are doing. We all could use to give ourselves a little mothering every now and again, taking the time to stop and ask ourselves how we are feeling and what is of the greatest importance at the moment.
What’s up? How’s it going?
Sometimes the best vantage point to deal with life is from within your hidey hole, tucked into a place that feels safe and secure.
Where do you go, physically or emotionally, in order to feel safe?
Eid Al Adha is the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, honoring Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail in submission to God.
What have you sacrificed for the sake of a larger commitment?
Unlike most plants which grow by spreading seeds, the hen and chicks succulent plants its own little offshoots right next to the mother plant, creating its own little plant colony.
What do you create that always stays very close to home?
“The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.”
―Tara Brach
What will you do today to hold yourself with kindness?
