YOUR LIFE A-Z: YESTERDAY

REFLECT, LEARN, REST, LET GO

YESTERDAY

I believe we may be living at such a fast pace that we may not even remember what we had for dinner YESTERDAY much less what we learned from YESTERDAY.  But go ahead and give it a whirl, write one paragraph about what YESTERDAY taught you.  Then ask yourself, “ How did I get hurt by YESTERDAY?”  Write a paragraph about that too.  Now, you have two paragraphs that speak to you about YESTERDAY, how are those paragraphs helpful to you today?   Next, allow list anything that does not feel good about YESTERDAY and ask yourself, what makes you hold on to that list?  How would your life be better today if you let go of those slights, hurts, or mistakes from YESTERDAY?  If there is something you can fix, such as offer and apology then do it and move on into today. How far back does your YESTERDAY go?  Are you still holding grudges from five or ten years ago?  How does that serve you?  Are you still holding grudges from five to ten months ago?  Really, what is that about?  Grudges tend to make you into a grump.  Is that how you want to be, an old grump?   How about five or ten days ago? Do you have grudges from those days?  See, YESTERDAY is really not YESTERDAY until you let go of those negative thoughts and feelings from back there.  Let them go.  Learn what you can from them and toss the rest.  Remembering what you ate YESTERDAY is more important than how someone hurt you YESTERDAY.

YOUR LIFE A-Z : WALK

WALK, FOLLOW THE PATH OF ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

WALK

You don’t need me to tell you that our lives would be better if we walked more.  You have heard things such as“park far away in order to WALK further.”  It is best for our heart if we WALK 10,000 steps in a day.  Wear a pedometer and see how few steps you actually take when you are not actively working on it.  There are other reasons walking can benefit your soul.  It is probable that many of you have not heard of walking as a way of prayer or walking as a spiritual practice.  

I will be talking about the Labyrinth in the next “L” word, but I thought I would introduce you to it through this important “W” word.  To WALK a Labyrinth as a part of a spiritual practice, means meditating about putting one foot in front of the other while staying on the one path to the center and back out again. Walking for no other reason than to pray.  Carving out a twenty-minute moment in your busy life to walk as a way of reflection.  To WALK means to move; to move means taking steps forward; taking steps forward allows us to become more of who we want to be. Action is the best way to change.  To WALK is one of the easiest actions that we can do.  If you can’t WALK, imagine walking.  Some of the most important things that we can do in our lives are the simplest.  Determine to WALK more this year, physically and spirituality.