The Daily Do

Today think of one thing that really fires you up, the thing you love the most, and this will interrupt the clockwork humdrum of the day if you’re feeling 'here we go again'; focus on your passion and today’s purpose towards that end. Think now of the higher you that thrills and sparks when lit, hold that truth, this real you at heart, and flood your day with it. Fill the gap between your passion and the daily tasks you do, in there lies your happiness, your why, the joy of you!

Change isn’t comfortable but clinging on to stay the same is just all sorts of wrong, our best life lies on the other side of change, and change we must before our chance to grow is gone. To hide away is shrinking and to face fear is to grow, and we might wish that this were different but in our hearts I think we all know that if we push ourselves to show up, get out there and stride past fear, the life we gain is stronger, we feel fulfilled and more complete.

Yes, we can read thick books on mindfulness and use meditation apps, all helpful and wonderful, but let’s not get too confused about where your wellbeing’s at. If you train the eye to see puffs of beauty in your day and sit in silence, feel your breathing, you are well and on your way. These pillars of contentment will dissolve the weight of daily problems, simple, uncomplicated yet profound in how they solve them.

Procrastination is temporary relief from the stress of what needs done, it’s your mind coping with overwhelm, so forgive yourself and move on. Often we put off getting started for the deep set fear of finishing, our not being good enough or perfect at the core of what we’re resisting. Visualise the moment that you finish, ship it, send your ideas or just get that thing done, you’ll find resistance melts away and you have begun!

You can only be brave when you’re afraid, only bold when fears press in. Courage is doing it when you don’t know the outcome, but you know what you want, feel fear and dive in. Our lives are safe wrapped in cotton wool, but that’s not what living’s for…we can leap through fears to new endeavours, the deep fulfilment of evolving and more!

There’s nothing more disheartening than not making any ground, the wrong way up the escalator where massive effort still takes you down. Satisfaction comes not from where you are but from momentum, have you moved the dial today in the right direction? Progress, that's all that matters. Drop one meaningless task you do and replace it with the gift of an action for your betterment, this subtle life gear shift. Contentment comes from making progress not from 'making it'…today you can move forward, even if just a little bit. 

We are in the stillness, swimming through it’s space, and if we reach into the present we can find our peace today. Do you hear it under foot as your shoes trample the grass, or in the trees as wind gushes through, or as water flows to fill your bath? Is your stillness in the moment that morning tea touches your lips? Can you taste it in your evening as your tongue melts some chocolate? Do you notice stillness everywhere, deep peace, contentment flowing? The stillness of our ever now, ever here, and always growing.

So many insights happen during warm showers! There’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done. First digest all the facts you need, then switch off, shower or run. The fearless glide of flow results from getting lost in thought, free running, letting your cogs spin, whilst your subconscious sets to work. A relaxing mind allows the brain to fuse deeper, broad reaching connections, to throw up answers, solve your problems, yes doing nothing is an action. Yes, there’s nothing quite like doing nothing if you must get something done!

I don’t believe in lucky numbers but I know the power of attaching meaning, and how when we see this meaningful number, we FEEL lucky and that I DO believe in. This is the power of positive, zooming in on chance and hope, feeling lucky is the lucky, as your fears and doubts are dropped. See the good and good floods in, lean in and let luck thrive, feel your lucky numbers up because today you’re truly alive!

You can do this. You CAN do this. The world that you think will say, “Hey you, you don’t know what you’re doing!” isn’t there, it’s only fear, you can do what you’re pursuing. Don't expect fearless advances but rather seek courageous days; the push past fear once you’ve found your 'why' and you do it anyway. Then if your head lifts yearning for approval turn your eyes to you, and know that you know you pushed past fear, the feel good glow of I CAN DO!