Taking Care

I am so unused to getting hurt for any length of time, that I didn’t realise that I had actually done some damage to myself.

I thought I was dealing with jet lag and general fatigue when I found myself limping a bit as I tried to take in the sights.

I thought it was being unused to walking that much and going up three flights of stairs to our small hotel room.

After several weeks of this, I continued pushing myself including climbing up to the top of one of the highest sites in the city.

The next day, I could barely walk at all, even though my ankle had been improving.

My husband bought me a bandage to wrap my ankle, but my legs just were not working.

After being scared about that, I tracked down the symptoms and found that I had strained my quadriceps.

I implemented the recommended rest and gradually began to recover.

On top of that, I was still dealing with my habitual panic attacks and doing so in new cities.

In my hotel room, I listened to a talk for therapists who help trauma victims.

I was able to glean a new idea which moved me forward.

After that I listened to an artist who teaches intuitive drawing.

My drawing complimented the new idea which I had just learned.

I was able to apply that to my next outing.

I walked slowly, listened to my body, ate when I needed to, took my time, enjoyed the sights which surrounded me and made it to my destination.

I continued listening to my body, addressed the panic attacks, and slowed down to enjoy my activity.

I was able to proceed throughout using this process.

I called a halt when I felt too overwhelmed to continue and was able to take a break.

On the way home, I stopped and enjoyed several other sites.

I made it back to the hotel, and gave myself a long rest.

I am taking the next day very easy, but I know I have the tools to continue moving forward in my healing and enjoyment of my life.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.lovedcherishedadored.blogspot.com 

The Day After

The day after discovering my own deep peace is an amazing one.

There is no anxiety, no angst.

All the fears of the past have been addressed.

I know how to use the appropriate tools and techniques to regain my peace at any time.

I have the compassion to take care of myself.

I am grateful for all the steps which have brought me to this state.

I no longer resent the actions of people whom I could not control.

I have put steps and safeguards into place to aid and protect me.

I am grateful I can proceed to accomplish my legitimate goals without being dragged down by the hidden undertow.

Every step I take is with the full knowledge of the extent of the abuse which was perpetrated on me.

I have the tools and strength to deal with that knowledge.

I am able to get myself where I want to be.

I am able to deal with the panic attacks.

I am able to enjoy myself.

I am able to get myself back home.

I know all these elements will continue to be strengthened now that I have all of them to support me.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

Your Diamond Mind

Peaceful Adjustments

I am feeling adjustments to deep peace.

Everyone I know is feeling adjustments to deep peace.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is feeling adjustments to deep peace.

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Making the effort to observe and to establish new peaceful habits is having unexpected effects.

In addition to altering my conscious behaviour, it is having an effect on my body.

The many times I have felt anxious have transmitted themselves to the tension and anxiety in my body.

With my greater awareness of embracing peaceful responses, my body is also becoming more balanced and calm.

I appreciate the evening out of my physical responses to ideas which used to create a disturbing response.

I am more conscious and consistent about my application of peace-giving techniques.

I slow my breathing, I repeat solution-oriented affirmations and I stop the feedback loop.

Then I listen for the results of the solution-oriented affirmation I am repeating, and I experience peace.

My consistency is releasing me from the build-up of tension.

My body is learning a different set of reactions.

This is giving me a calmer state to live in.

My attention to cultivating deep peace in my life is having a strong effect on my body.

I am able to give my attention to accomplishing things which are important to me.

My body supports me in its healthier state.

I am so very grateful.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.takethreedeepbreaths.blogspot.com 

Daily Order

Even in new places, there is a daily order.

My routine is different, but it adjusts into my new surroundings.

There is a new kind of peace around me, as I find new ground for my ideas.

There is movement and growth as each element adjusts to fit.

I am feeling so at home in this new place.

I am immersed in an atmosphere of uplifting behaviors, common courtesy, special help and support when I need it.

The pace suits me, more time over meals, time for conversation and reflection.

The human scale of things, such small places of business and they are enough.

Taking the time to get to know new places.

Walking to new places.

Explaining what I am interested in using my  limited foreign language vocabulary and being heard and accommodated.

I am willing to go at this new pace as I acquire the vocabulary I need.

I am grateful for the reflective time.

I make room for creative activity for myself.

I integrate what I need to express myself and my ideas.

I am within a comforting culture.

I am finding a new place.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

New Relationships

I am discovering many kinds of new relationships as I travel.

These include relationships to time, to space, to people, to food, to living situations.

I am also discovering what is stable in my life.

This includes my attitudes toward everything that is changing.

I always meet interesting people; and so many people are generous and helpful.

I always have a comfortable place to stay with everything that I need.

I am learning how to keep my balance as I discover new things in the time that I have in new places.

Food is always an enjoyable experience, even when I am not sure what I am ordering in a new language.

It is easy to meet people and to exchange stories.

I am discovering a lot of joy in all of us.

I move more slowly in a new place.

I have time to look around me and take in a different feeling.

I love being immersed in the sounds of another language, its rhythm, its sound shapes.

Gradually, I am able to extract words and a few phrases.

My own vocabulary increases word by word.

I see things from an outsider’s perspective and compare it to my own experiences.

It is so enriching as I discover what we all have in common.

I am so privileged to have this opportunity for observation and experience.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

Your Diamond Mind 

Good Experiences

I am filling up with good experiences.

Everything about me attracts good.

I am in a good place to live a balanced and beautiful life.

Everything is working for me as I continue to attract good experiences.

My life is built on the attraction of good.

The spiritual groundwork that I have done places me where I can live in peace, balance and beauty.

My peaceful outlook is so powerful that it draws a peaceful setting to me at all times.

I have peaceful companionship.

Good attaches itself to me.

I am in my right place at the right time.

My life reveals itself in a calm and peaceful way.

My work is established in a peaceful, calm and happy way.

I have abundant resources at hand.

My steps to follow through are peaceful and confident.

I can feel my peace moving ahead of me to place me well.

I am having a good experience as the next steps occur.

I feel a sure and steady power moving me into my place of good experiences.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.lovedcherishedadored.blogspot.com 

Finding Place

What is it about some places that just make you feel at home?

Ever since coming to Europe, I have been feeling more and more at home.

Is it the kind treatment we receive on the streets?

Is it the slow pace of eating and finishing a meal, and dessert, and coffee?

Is it the daily pastry?

Is it the smaller portion size and better quality food?

Is it the presence of centuries of buildings?

Is it all the walking?

Is it the fun of finding fabric stores and making projects?

Is it the challenge of operating in different languages as we travel?

Is it the intimacy of staying in small hotel rooms?

Is it the instant camaraderie with other travellers?

Is it sorting out the confusion with public transportation and becoming competent?

We are certainly gaining skills in living in different countries, and friends and experiences.

It is all just plain good!

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.lovedcherishedadored.blogspot.com