Day 317 - A Year to Clear - A Whole-y Moment

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Lesson 317: A Whole-y Moment

Stephanie Bennett Vogt recounts a story in this lesson about her husband taking a photo of her where she closed her eyes in a moment of contemplation. It wasn’t rehearsed and it was in a moment that was pure. There wasn’t a moment to fix her hair or make sure she looked good. It was a photo that showed stillness whilst in that moment; some that can be so rare for all of us. The task is to let someone take a photo of you and for you to breathe in stillness before the photo is taken. If you don’t have that option, take a selfie where you are not thinking about it and see what happens next. Do you find that you look like you let go? When you can let go of everything, does it show you more of who you are and want to be?

I remember taking a selfie of myself some time ago with my eyes closed whilst I was laying in my bed. I don’t know where that photo is now because it was on an old phone but I think I remembered it for the purposes of this post. I remember thinking how still I was. When I think about that picture, there was no pain, there was no girl with a million worries, there was just someone free and at peace. That photo was many years ago but I loved myself in that moment.

There is no reason why I can’t be this person now. I don’t have to let everything bother me. I just have to let go to allow that freedom and peace to enter my life. I don’t need to worry. There is that element of surrender that doesn’t easily come. It’s something to be reminded of today and try to practise in future. We can all have those moments of stillness at any point. It’s just a matter of choosing that for ourselves really.