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Happy TribeLife Tuesday!
All month long we have been talking about how to
Live Fully and Be Present. If you haven’t had a chance to read the previous blogs
from January, do go back and check them out. As this month is coming to a
close, I would love to hear from you! What does living fully and being present
look and feel like to you? Let’s discuss in the comments below!
The strangest thing has happened to me this month as
I’ve been digging deep and exploring my own heart and mind. I have struggled with
contentment for years, always working at being content but never quite grasping
that thing I so longed for. But, as I wrote about this internal battle I face,
I’ve found myself being more content than I ever have before. As I wrote about
my discontentment and my desire to just be present and sit in
contentedness every day, things began to change. I am sure there is some
scientific or spiritual implication to that but that research will have to wait
for another day. What I can gather is that there is something about
getting your thoughts out of your brain and onto a sheet of paper -- it sobers
you up. I think the reality is that some of the things I was
discontent about are so irrelevant in the grand scheme of things that they
aren’t worth my focus. At least that’s the revelation I came to.
So I invite you to focus in on being present this
week. Getting nose to nose with those things in your life that cause you to get
unhinged. Let’s focus in on you, your health, your world. What are the
things that are distracting you? Take a moment and write them down. You may be
asking “things that distract me from what?” And to answer - things that
distract you from fully engaging in the world around you.
I have personally challenged myself to not view the
world from behind a screen. Be it a television, a camera, a phone, I want
nothing in front of my face except what is actually there. Being a total lover
of social media, I see the massive benefits of it: it makes our very big world reachable
and that is amazing. I also see the pitfalls of such an incredible tool, the
distraction it can become and the scrolling vortex you can get sucked into. So I
have made myself accountable to me in this area and am continually reminding
myself to not view the world from behind this lens. What is really in front
of you? I’m always asking myself where is it that we should explore?
And that’s just it -- GO EXPLORE. It is literally
the best way TO BE PRESENT.
How will you be present this week? How will you
explore your world without hiding behind a screen or a lens?
We are so grateful to journey with you and look forward
seeing you next week.
Carrie
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