Fulfilling My Promise

I am grateful to fulfill my promise to myself.

Everyone I know is grateful to fulfill a promise to themselves.

Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet, is grateful to fulfill a promise to themselves.

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When I moved into my present location, my goal was to establish a tiny food forest in the yard.

The beginning of the first year, in the winter, I laid down cardboard with straw and soil over it to establish a couple of raised beds.

That same year in the spring, my husband bought in a couple of loads of mushroom compost and we unloaded it to make a couple more raised beds.

I grew tomatoes and peppers and flowers.

They did very well.  I was so surprised and happy.

The second year, I brought in a garden soil mix and made more raised beds with compost, covered by egg crates and straw.

I also planted almost two dozen grapevines and berry bushes in the late fall.

Most of them survived the winter and began bearing tiny fruits.

In the spring, I planted a fig, elderberries, and a large tansy plant, in addition to tomatoes, peppers, celery, and onions and potatoes.

In this late summer, I am planting herbs and flowering shrubs.

In the fall, I will add fruit trees.

I am researching perennial vegetables.

Each step fills up my garden a little bit more.

I can see it filling in with color and edibles.

Even though this is a long-term project, I can see the fulfillment of my promise to myself.

I am learning a little more with each step, and I am so satisfied to see this tiny food forest taking shape.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.takethreedeepbreaths.blogspot.com 

The Peace of Meditation

Last night, I slept well and truly very soundly.

Previous nights have found me wakeful.

I have learned to use the wakeful times for meditation.

I used to keep checking the clock and worrying about how much sleep I was losing.

Now, I simply consider what idea to meditate on and just keep doing it, however long it takes, until I am done.

I do not check the clock or worry about my sleep.

I wake up at an appropriate time the next day to do whatever I need to do.

I may catch a nap later in the day or go to bed a couple of hours earlier.

I am really enjoying the ideas which come to me for meditation.

One time it was to infuse the neighborhood with love.

Every time I thought about the neighborhood, I just infused more love into it.

I was very satisfied when I awoke the next morning.

Sometimes, I meditate on an idea from my inspirational study.

It may be a quote from a book of daily readings.

It may be a phrase, or a word.

I continue to think about it, and to let it take me deeper into meditation.

I have discovered that I am okay with the amount of sleep that I get, a lot or a little.

I am glad that I can contribute to my own peace and reassure myself about whatever else comes to mind through my periods of meditation whoever they occur.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Determining Your Priorities

It is easy to determine our priorities when we observe the ideas which come to us.

Often, I spend time crowding them out with things I think I have to do.

After fighting to get them done, I realize I need to calm down.

As I take the time to maintain a calm state for a few minutes, the ideas which I have overlooked come to me.

The ideas which persist are the ones you want to pay attention to.

Sometimes they are little ideas, like how to arrange items in your display booth.

Sometimes they are bigger ideas, like the content of your inspirational booklets.

Sometimes they are really big ideas, like where to relocate in order to have a supportive atmosphere around you.

Each of these ideas is a kind of priority over distracting conversation or mundane action.

Since you are so valuable in your delightful and unique identity, you want to make sure that you prioritize your expression.

It is important to value who you really are.

You have a unique viewpoint and an attracting way of expressing it.

As you define what you value and why, your life direction will become more focused.

You will include what you really love and you will get to observe how that moves you forward.

Your progress will seem effortless, even though you are working on challenging material.

You will be more effective at sharing your point of view in discussions.

In short, everything will become more efficient for you as you prioritize your soul’s truth.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com 

Self-Care and Priorities

It is always important to listen for your priorities in order to take good care of yourself.

Once you have attended to your soul’s needs, then you can take care of the other things.

The soul needs to be satisfied that you are doing what you love to do.

It is important that you are giving service to your community at the same time.

What you do which uplifts yourself, uplifts your community as well.

You lay groundwork by valuing the ideas which come to you.

Your unique ability to serve your community is your niche.

Your purpose is fulfilled as you do what you love to do.

The self-satisfaction of pursing an endeavor fully commits you to honoring your soul’s purpose.

Observing what is going on around you keeps you in touch with practical matters, but does not distract you from your priority.

It is the greatest satisfaction and happiness to have love for what you do, plus service, be aligned and in harmony during your day.

You can draw freely on the resources you have gathered and produce your best work.

You can provide uplifting service by sharing the happiness and quality of your work.

You can live well by your devotion to your work.

You do not endure frustration or irritation by putting off your life’s priorities once you have found them.

Recognizing and following your priorities lifts you up, it adds to your satisfaction and allows you to care for yourself on a deep level.

It contributes to the atmosphere of your community and encourages others to look to their priorities.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.lovedcherishedadored.blogspot.com

Listening to My Priorities

I am learning to listen for my priorities.

Everyone I know is learning to listen for their priorities.

Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet, is learning to listen for their priorities.

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When I am unable to make progress on my list of projects or errands, I finally realize that I have not been listening for my priorities.

I then take the time to calm myself and listen.

In a few minutes, I am able to hear what my actual priorities are.

As I sit calmly and observe them, the next step gently appears.

I am able to take care of that step and follow it through until it is time to take care of something else.

By the end of the day, everything that is needful has been addressed.

It is so easy to fall into the pattern of harassment and rushing around.

We are pushed and prodded everyday by the media and by our own legitimate responsibilities.

However, a calm day awaits us with those first priorities addressed.

The day takes on an effortless flow as we engage our priorities.

Everything which needs to get done gets accomplished.

Loving what you do is the first priority.

Valuing yourself to choose wisely and to follow through on what you love gives you confidence.

All the rest of the things you do during the day serve who you are and help you accomplish your purpose.

Having the courage to choose your priorities in terms of doing what you love enables you to serve your community.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.takethreedeepbreaths.blogspot.com 

What Is New To You?

Learning to deal with new skills and technologies can be challenging.

I am gradually acquiring an experience base for many new things.

I have learned to be patient and forgiving of myself as a beginner.

I am learning to appreciate the facility I am developing with my new skills.

I am avoiding panic attacks and learning how to research the next steps and to find teachers and mentors.

It is a whole new sense of freedom to learn to negotiate technologies from the past as well as current developments.

By remaining calm, I am assured of finding out what I need to know.

It took over a year for me to find a new mentor for a particular skill from the past, but when I did, she was a perfect fit.

During that time, I learned to remain calm and to let go of my impatience and frustration.

I learned to stop reviewing the steps that led to the frustration and instead to listen for a way to receive new input.

In dealing with current technology, I am learning that I can get help every step of the way.

I am able to ask for the information I need in a calm way.

I am able to receive accurate answers to my more focused questions.

I am able to trust that I will receive the answers that I need.

I am moving from one step to the next with a gentle, patient and calm attitude toward myself.

I am able to enjoy all the new things which are coming to me, even though there are many challenges.

I appreciate the fact that I now have a way to deal with new things and can relax as I figure them out.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com

When Things Fit Together

There is a unique feeling when things fit together.

Effortlessly, the right thing meets the next timely idea and they fit.

It is so peaceful to witness this extraordinary grace.

As I am involved, I call upon my deep sense of calm to listen for guidance.

Then I am led to design or to find the next piece.

I love the ability to be able to draw on my inner resources and to find them expressed in outer ways.

It creates a feeling of wholeness which completes me.

This process has been happening so regularly now, that I can approach the it with assurance.

I am getting accustomed to the knowledge that I can complete things.

My desire to be attentive and undistracted is being fulfilled.

I am able to take the next steps more and more consistently.

I do not feel ambushed as often by triggers from the past.

When I do have to deal with them, I am able to bring my focus back to the present more quickly.

My new place and purpose are an exact fit.

I have been driven to find and create them.

I have not found satisfaction until each aspect has been identified and placed appropriately.

By giving myself access to new resources and exploring how they fit in my life, I have been able to discern my purpose.

I have begun to see how my new purpose draws resources together in a better fit.

I can feel the radiance of the interaction between my new resources and my new life.

It is a perfect fit.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com