Thank you for the reminder.

Hi Nanette,
I recently came across this comment and I thought you might appreciate it:
“ Resentment, is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
I found it very insightful. Perhaps you will too. I hope you have a great rest of your life!

Yes

This could’ve been written by me. I’ve recently disconnected from a toxic sibling and I hate that I still bring her with me & into my life by revisiting past conversations & feeling anger & resentment. I feel stronger everyday and try to focus on my new freedom and being grateful for my blessings but I do regress at times. Thank you for stating it so eloquently.

Live with your Present and enjoy every bit of it.

Yes,how true.I’m learning to enjoy time for me after years of taking care of six children.I’m still there for them but physically I don’t have to fetch them to school,to their activities etc. I refuse to be “busy” .I even eat slower nowadays and just enjoy being alive without rushing here and there…. And my heart feels such gratitude towards God as well as towards people around me .

Very powerful message that I will remember to share with the men I visit in prison.

Thank you Nanette

My life has changed a lot in the past several months. My best friend moved away, my job’s information system was the victim of a computer hacker that knocked us out for weeks and cost me a ton of money, not to mention 12-hour workdays as I grinded hard to restore things. I’ve had family drama and friend drama, aaaand I met a great guy after being single and working on myself for years and years. Some good, some bad, but undeniably lots of changes. I was sick for almost a month due to my inability to let myself slow down and adjust with grace and self-compassion to all the turns my life had taken. I was stressed 24/7 and felt like I was constantly scrambling in quicksand.

Fasting from social media has been a game changer. I live alone and my family is mostly overseas with a language barrier between myself and them. I therefore thought I’d feel lonely without the internet, but instead I feel more whole than I’d felt in a long time. I’ve been reading, sleeping more, and taking time for myself, treating myself with respect and tenderness and care as I decompress from adversity and open up and settle in to blessings.

This spoke to me so much. Thank you!

So, maybe, a life in perpetual frenzy is the answer?

Maybe not. While the common perception is ‘life is short’, the reality is life is long enough to know it IS complicated. Better to slow down.

Life has a whole bunch of moving parts. Take the time to be present with them. Slowing down, letting the facets make the picture whole is the trick to making life less painful and feelings more compassionate than condemning.

I thought if I read that book, wrote that down and said that affirmation everything would be fine. What I didn’t know was, life is as much a process as an event.

Now, when racing thoughts come, a say to myself, ‘I’d rather have peace.’ Sometimes I repeat it gently. Thoughts can keep busy annoyances disturbing peace sometimes, but I know now I’m training them to serve me like a mirror not a monster under the bed.

If I’m not in charge of what my mind foments I’m a lousy cat herder.

Being ‘King of the Cats’, I treat thoughts with compassion and in being friendly to their manic activity, accepting it is the start of a process that gives more awareness and ultimately more control and understanding of how I get here and why that busy mind needs a shepherd not a prison guard. I’d rather have peace.

Beautiful and inspiring words, Nanette. Thank you for sharing.