forgiveness

Hi everyone,

Many of you have recently heard me gabbing about the concept of JOMO, coined by meditation teacher, psychologist, and author Tara Brach - the ‘Joy Of Missing Out’ has never sounded fun to me. I am honest about being a social creature by nature & love immersing myself in activities that bring together different communities with one common goal.. that goal usually being more Joy. My teacher Nevine says that the more love we give, the more that we get; last week in conversation with her she suggested that I take time off from practicing and training so that I could go home to be with my dog - and really so that I could conserve my energy since I had a busy weekend ahead. The next day I woke up with a full blown flu, and I was forced to stay inside for a few days and regroup. I was so grateful for the lesson. When we forget to take care of ourselves we sacrifice the ability to be present and to take care of others fully and in a gracious way. More importantly, the relationships that matter to us the most tend to suffer the most when we practice poor time management. So for this holiday season, I’m newly practicing putting better boundaries on my time with people, places, and things that sometimes drain me. I used to kind of resent my parents for not going full fledged into the holidays and so as I got older I took any invite to anything as a form of validation. But instead of playing the blame game I’m pouring a little more into my own cup! This year I’m looking forward to my first single girl thanksgiving of Chinese food & re-runs. So I guess it is true, that when you get what you want, you start to forgive everything…. And on that note Dad when you read this, watch those videos of Nevine and I need a mattress cover, new pillows, and a Furbo cam for Xmas. And a smoothie maker. 😘

Xo