The Daily Do

You can’t be brave if you’re not afraid, no courage unless you’re scared. Your heart’s desire needs following, and you will need bravery and courage to take you there. If we didn’t need to get there we wouldn’t need to grow, but as chick's first flight from cliff top nests, we must take the leap and go. 'Coeur' is heart in French, 'coeur'age is the passion of your heart explored!

Anxiety is a word that barely touches the size of what we feel when cowering in the terror of the impending doom that has no reason but feels so real. A daily practice of finding peace has saved me from myself, dissolved now in taking nothing, but sitting daily and finding air. If you suffer at the hands of anxious sudden fear, know that there are ways to manage anxiety, and you can start right here. 

Doing things that you don’t feel like doing can change your entire life. You’re never going to feel like doing all the things that you want for you, but you will feel great if you plan these choices, trust yourself and DO. Think of someone that you really respect, a hero that inspires you with how they live, then do as they would, this tool’s called 'act as if'. Picture that person that lifts you up, become them, do what they would do. Ignore your feelings, trust your plan, 'act as if' they’re you.

Do you get a slump from seeing summer days get shorter now? Or does the turning tide of winter months condemn you to feeling down? Reframe the darker evenings to early books curled up inside, to steaming soup, seasoned and spiced by a long autumn walk and sipped by fireside. The leaves that fall to grow again crackle underfoot, welcome in the autumn, fall, the seasons change as a time to grow, renew!

Do you dream so much that you forget to live? Use the still you find in you to lean into your "What if...". "What if I asked them for some help, what if I posted that today, what if I started with one small step, what if I went all the way?" Self development is for living, it’s not a life itself; it’s the fuel to build a life of active happiness and inner wealth. Living, breathing, moving, making, creating, working well....talking, meeting, listening, speaking, this is real self help!

Our wishes lie in plain sight waiting for us to start, to take them from the shelves of hope and pull them from our heart. Put them in our hands and feet and have them come to life, what you want is found in doing what you want today, tonight. "I wish that I was 'dot dot dot'!" can push our dreams away, say "I want to be...", then be it now, just start today!

Helping others helps yourself in a 'win/win' way to the freedom of 'all is good'. Nothing interrupts the strain of overthinking self like thinking of someone else and not you. This release from the contortions of going round and round ourselves again can come in a simple shop visit for a neighbour, or a call to a weary friend. The most profound antidote to wallowing in the too much self of "Who am I today?", is to reach out to someone else with kindness and give some of that self away.

Nothing is more powerful in your life than YOU waking up to what YOU want, thinking clearly and setting your intentions. This shines the spotlight on all the reasons why you can and confirms the evidence you’ve got. Set your intentions as you wake up, before being bombarded by news and social media. Set the course of your day unfolding before your day unfolds, live the life you have imagined, you’ve decided, not your phone.

All the GREATNESS in you is in the NOW of what you’re pursuing. Our ability to live a productive today whilst staying open to our fluid tomorrow sums up mindful practice, the power of now in action. We can control what we do but not all the results of our doing and that’s good because......all the greatness in you is in the now of what you’re pursuing.

Freedom from thinking the whole world is watching comes in the tough form of "they’re not"! If you’re holding yourself hostage to “What will they think?” it’s time to accept that they won’t. This is the real hard hitting release from the prison of ‘everyone’s watching’ when they don’t. People are busy living their lives, so jump in, get going, and breathe. Get going, keep going, you’re free.