Action speaks; single-pointed focus

Ok, ready set go! I’m feeling a ton better, so the rest was

definitely the right move.

What is really coming through in meditation is what I really

want to do in life. It will include the following: studying

and taking the GRE, applying for a PhD. program

in Psychology, and (this part was new for me)

teaming up with a physicist to write a book on the

science of healing (this all done eventually of course).

I’ve also gotten some immediate action items to do, which

I’ve already begun to put in action. One item is to contact

the American Cancer Society to volunteer and hopefully be

able to do meditation groups for them. I will go to a

Volunteer Orientation this Friday! Secondly, I have

repeatedly gotten the information to convert a cd I have of

a meditation group that I led into a MP3 file to be put on

my website as a free download. I need to recover the cd and

ask Daniel to help me do this. I have already put this

action item on his radar.

Tonight I attend a training to be a Counselor for Camp

COPE, and I have very positive feelings about this challenging

new job and opportunity.

Overall, I feel great. I am feeling increased energy and

focus from yoga. I am also being more mindful of the

foods I am eating (following a lot of instincts on food

choices, which have included more salads).

Overall, I feel I need to make things happen by

taking these action steps, because they feel right and ripe

with possibility.

Sometimes we are told to s l o w d o w n

Nothing too exciting to report, but it isn’t always about being exciting, right?

While in meditation the last few days, I have received the very strong sense of resting and not going out. It is very appropriate to mention that I have been nursing a scratchy throat and sniffles for the last few days.

So, I acted accordingly and cancelled my plans for the weekend, only doing a brief dinner outing on Saturday night, which I meditated on and got “clearance” on to go. This discipline of rest and saying “no” to plans is all paying off because today I feel almost 100%.

LESSON LEARNED: Listening to the body when it needs to rest and honoring that need by cancelling plans and watching the mind fight you on the perceived fun which you may be missing is not terribly interesting, but it is terribly essential to well-being and fun in future days.

That and soup, EmergenC, and Throat Coat tea also rock!!!