Ann Ruane – Page 101 – Lux Eterna Healing

There are many different types of support: emotional, moral, spiritual, physical, and mental support. They can be interrelated yet uniquely individual. Support is not about ‘fixing’ a situation or taking on the responsibility for another person. I like to think of it as a boost…imagine interlaced fingers, cupped hands, and someone placing their foot in your hand. The boost of support is like a sprinkle of fairy dust, revealing your own inner magic.

The most important person to foster a healthy relationship with is yourself. It’s easy to spend a lot of time and energy fostering relationships with others and overlook the one with yourself. When you have a healthy relationship with yourself, it makes all other relationships easier. What building blocks are you using to foster a relationship with yourself?

It can be very easy to let the to-do list of tasks guide your day. What if there was a shift in perspective? What if you allowed your mindfulness to guide your day and the to-do list to simply exist? It may seem like a hair-splitting twist of semantics, which it is, but it also offers a fresh way to experience your day.

Take the first step. What do you have to lose? What is really at stake? Ego? Fear? Pride?

Regardless of what you want to create, you have to take the first step.

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
—Mark Twain

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
—Henry Van Dyke

The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it’s okay…you’re either free to play, or you’re not.
—John Cleese