What does irritation look like? Have you ever been outside to enjoy a sunrise or sunset, and the flies just won’t leave you alone? Pesky little buggers! You’re just going about your business and the flies keep pestering you! AAAAAA! That’s what irritation looks like to me.
The irritation makes me want to shout, “Just leave me alone!” “Back off!” I feel it all over my body, like with flies. It feels like they’re all over me, even when they are not there. “Just stop it!”, I want to shout! Picture this, getting zeroed in and focused, and the interruptions keep hounding you. Ugh! Irritating!
My body feels irritation in my abdomen and extremities. The inside of my belly feels scratchy, like the fuzz on the television when a station struggles to broadcast clearly. My arms and legs feel unsettled, like they haven’t found the right position.
What is the function of Irritation? Is it possible that when something is irritating you, it is calling for you to pay attention to something? Perhaps someone is helping you with laundry, and they just can’t seem to fold your underwear the way you like for it to be folded. What is the message there? Why does that irritate you? Is someone vying for your attention just because? Perhaps s/he is just baiting you for some conversation. Or maybe those flies are simply wanting to be part of something bigger than themselves. When you think about something that irritates you, if it had a bigger purpose, what do you suppose that might be?
Let’s imagine what sort of constructive message irritation offers. What does it look like to you? How does it feel to you? What on earth is the function of irritation? How might you tweak it to function in your best interest?
Whatever you might be feeling, remember feelings make you human…
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Jealousy, to me, looks like a cowering posture that says “I’m inadequate”, or “I’m doing something wrong”, or “I’m less than in some capacity”. What does it look like to you? Perhaps it comes in shades of green, like envy. Do you ever feel jealous about someone traveling to a destination where you’d like to go? Or, maybe your jealousy looks like wanting an article of clothing for yourself that someone else has.
I feel Jealousy in my arms and shoulders. They feel like they have to protect me somehow from the comparison of myself to someone else or my actions to someone else’s actions. Jealously feels like I’m not enough. Perhaps someone is sharing about a spectacular trip to a place I long to experience myself. It is easy for me to retort, “I’m so jealous!” But what does that mean?
Sure, it could look like wanting something for yourself that you see in someone else. That is not a bad thing. Is jealousy bad? Or is it an invitation to set a goal for yourself? I think when we live from a jealous perspective, that can be destructive. However, if we use it as a tool to explore, it can bring us gifts that otherwise go unnoticed.
I think Jealousy could function to remind me to take part in another person’s joy or excitement, instead of flogging myself about something that might be missing or somehow incomplete or feeble. When I recognize Jealousy, I can focus that on an opportunity to acknowledge greatness in another being, and see a piece of my greatness.
What is your jealousy all about? Show me a picture of what jealousy looks like to you. How does it feel? What is the gift of jealousy?
Our stories about our feelings make us deeply acquainted with who we are…
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Living deliberately puts you in control of yourself, the day, and/or the life you want for yourself. Example: how much of your time is moving on auto-pilot? What happens when you choose one thing about your day to spin, live, or focus on deliberately? How does the automatic living shift?
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Life Gifts
- Sending you friendship to warm your heart and knowledge that you’re loved.
- Sending you tasty inspiration.
- I send you soothing cups of hot tea, your favorite music to listen to and time for you to relax and enjoy.
- I send you healing love and energy.
- Sending you bright colored paint for your life canvas.
- I send you fireworks of inspiration.
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- Sending you giggles.
- I send you revolving hours of joy for writing about what you want to write about.
- I send you fruit-full surprises in your journey.
- I send you buckets of bubbling, juicy kindness.
- I send you calm and gentle breezes wafting love and joy around you.
- Sending you peace and beauty, like the glassy stillness of a lake before the breeze’s caress stirs things up.
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- I send you chortles, giggles, and warm hugs.
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- Sending you rain to nourish the earth so that the earth can nourish you.
- I send you focus and energy as you write today.
- Sending you pillows of prosperity to share with yourself and others.
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