GIFTING MYSELF

This holiday season
we give to others,
to organizations,
but rarely to ourselves.
This year I am giving to myself.

This year I am giving
the gift of forgiveness.
I am letting go of resentment,
anger,
jealousy
resentment, and
any other negative and toxic
emotion in my body.

I am giving myself the power
to heal as I release
the negative and toxic energies
Ihave stored in my system.
I am saying no to anything that
is not of love, light, and positive energy.

I would say no
to a bowl of poison,
but say yes to it when I
hold on to the energies
which are toxic.

Tis the season to give
myself a cleaner diet
filled with gifts from the Divine
which are nurturing and loving
and wrapped in grace.

The Gratitude of A Warrior

A few weeks ago, at our Living the Five Agreements group we were talking about gratitude from a Toltec Perspective. We read a paragraph from Sheri Rosenthal’s book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Toltec Wisdom. One of the points she made was that from a Toltec perspective Warriors do not see experiences as good or bad, but instead as learning experiences. Her writing reminded me of a piece of wisdom my Bubby shared with me that I was to seek the blessing in all situations and circumstances. There is a lesson in every moment of life she would tell me. See the lesson. Who knew that my Bubby, who had never heard of Toltec wisdom, knew that this is what she was teaching me.

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