Mindfulness

#3. Seeing your old evil with objectivity. — When you go through the dark night of the soul and start your spiritual awakening, you leave behind your old self and become the light. But as you look at your darkness from your new light, you will be mortified by some things. These mortified me. 1. Realized all the time I threw away. I spent half my…

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” -Soren Kirkegaard Hello there! It’s been a minute, it’s been a long minute. I have really missed being on here. Yet again, being the insomniac that I am, I am here writing this at 2:41am. I thought I…

The incredible benefits of savoring your time. — “There are many things in this world that, if you savor them — instead of treating them as disposable — will multiply in terms of the value you receive. Learning how, when, and why to spend your time wisely is a life-changing skill.” Learning how to be conscious of the…

Today, I am over the moon (insert a man dancing emoji, I prefer the woman dancing emoji though). I hope you’re making progress from this little journey of ours like I am, I’ve found so much energy from writing these 2 minute reads and maybe someday we’ll do 20 minutes…

Release your deadly morning anxiety easily with this everyday routine. — Dark room. Erratic heartbeat. Sweat rolled down my temple. I used to wake up with a jerk fully alert like I was in the warzone, preparing to fend for my life. Your cortisol levels are at a peak in the first hour of the morning. …

Hindsight is a bitch. — The one most imperative thing you learn from having been in a narcissistic relationship, is learning when it’s time to abandon a relationship. Everyone comes out of it thinking they could’ve never known. And that’s true. But never again will you not know. Never again will you give the benefit of the doubt when it’s totally undeserved. …

A micropoem for World Environment Day 2023 — Gumboots ready in my garden My garden ready for gumboots © Carolyn Hastings 2023 This would have to be the shortest poem I’ve ever written! I was inspired by a poem that turned up in my inbox overnight — Anne Swannell’s Study in Mindfulness, via Rattle.com (see screenshot)

Almost everything about covert narcissism is a Catch-22 — caught between the Scylla and Charybdis — a rock and a hard place. — Catch-22. You’ve heard the phrase, but do you know where it comes from? Joseph Heller, the brilliant mind behind the book “Catch-22,” published his book in 1961 and introduced the term into the English language for the first time. He coined it himself. In the book, a “Catch-22” is a…

Space to listen — “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.” — Marcus Aurelius In the age of constant connectivity and busyness, finding moments of solitude may seem elusive or even undervalued. However, hidden within the stillness of solitary moments lies a profound tool for self-awareness…