How to journal, honouring cycles and holding on to suffering
MONTHLY REMINDERReader, respect the nature of cycles. When it’s time to be creative, don’t implement; When it’s time to rest, don’t work; When it’s time to be, don’t do; When it’s time to play and be free, don’t be serious and rigid; When it’s time to bloom, don’t stay cocooned. And vice versa. REFLECTION PROMPTS:
MAY'S REFLECTION PROMPTIn May, I will make the most of what I have by... Resourcefulness unlocks a treasure trove of untapped abundance. We have more than we think. 2 QUOTES WORTH PONDERING1. Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Tich Nhat Hanh on holding on to suffering: “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” REFLECTION PROMPTS:
2. Irish poet and author, John O’Donohue’s poem Fluent: I would love to live
Like a river flows
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding
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