Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
It's a whole new year. I love stepping back at the start of the year and choosing a focus for the brand new year before me. Not a resolution. Not a goal. A word or concept to hold before me as a theme and an aspiration.
As I work through my counseling degree, as I refine my vision of the next chapter of my life, as I gain age and perspective, I recognize that I have spent a lot of time and energy trying to arrange and control my emotions. Some of this is crap from both Christian and western culture about emotions being bad (and intellect being good). Some of this is that I spent a lot of years just trying to hang on and survive, and being in touch with my feelings and wants just didn't make it to the agenda.
So this year, in a continuation of the "slowing down and simplify" themes that have permeated my new years reflections for many years, I'm focusing on going inward. Attuning to myself. Giving my emotions space to breathe inside my heart. Letting those emotions flow. Nurturing my heart.
Hello, 2024 - I look forward to all you want to show me.
1 comment:
I'd comment on your post, Jamie, but I fear my response would be much longer than your post. I'm so looking forward to lunch with you tomorrow. Every sentence of your post resonates with what I've been up to for the past couple of years....lots of mental fist pumps on this end as I read your narrative! We're at very different stages of life, but fundamentally, the most effective strategies remain unchanged.
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