Day 215 - A Year to Clear - You Are a Marvel!

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Lesson 215: You Are a Marvel!

“Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michaelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel.”

— Pablo Casals

Today we are to write down 50 great things about ourselves and every time we feel down, to refer to this page to give ourselves a lift. I feel this is going to be a challenge to think of 50 things but we all have good qualities if we just stop and think about it.

1.       I am a good listener

2.       I help people when I can

3.       I am independent

4.       I am there for people when they need

5.       I am reliable

6.       I am a hard worker

7.       I am resilient

8.       I am strong

9.       I can overcome anything

10.   I am my own advocate

11.   I live with good intentions

12.   I like to give good advice

13.   I am vegetarian

14.   I think about my environmental impact on the world

15.   I can dance

16.   I am honest

17.   I am trustworthy

18.   I have cool tattoos

19.   I am kind

20.   I treat everyone equally

21.   I go above and beyond

22.   I think logically

23.   I have sound judgement

24.   I help people with my tarot readings

25.   I am spiritual

26.   I am great at establishing connections with others

27.   I give everyone a fair go

28.   I can write

29.   I am a business owner

30.   I am good at being with myself

31.   I am forgiving

32.   I am good at letting go

33.   I want the best for others

34.   I want the best for myself

35.   I put in good effort for a better way of doing things

36.   I donate to charities

37.   I donate my items so someone can put them to better use

38.   I am good company

39.   I can be fun

40.   I am a witch and druid

41.   I know what life is all about

42.   I don’t like being late

43.   I like to try everything at least once

44.   I’m open to all experiences

45.   I like spending time with people and raising the energy

46.   I will bring people together

47.   I give good hugs

48.   I see the best in people when they can’t

49.   I am a good friend

50.   I am perfect in my imperfection

I got stuck around the 40 point. You really have to delve deep to realise your own good qualities. What did you come up with?

Day 215 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Many of You Will Get to Travel...

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Lesson 215: Many of You Will Get to Travel...

For those that get to travel in this lifetime, it is a privilege and a gift. Not everyone is fortunate enough to do this. This doesn’t stop us from imagining what it would be like to travel. We can always imagine this in our mind’s eye. For those lucky enough to travel, do you find that you learn whilst on your trips? Do you find your perspective changed towards your own life? Today we are to think about the abundance we have at home through entertainment, food, water, clothing, money etc and drop away from this group mentality of scarcity.

When I travel I love seeing how other people live. In most Western countries, I have found that many people live just like how I do in Australia. I think the most life changing places I’ve seen is when I visited Thailand and Philippines. What was eye opening was that people are more happier even though they don’t necessarily have enough or have what I consider to be perks. I think what I valued most was the true sense of community in these countries and how even though people might not have the best of things (what we consider to be the best in the Western world), they have great support of each other.

Travelling to these countries, I take for granted such things like clean drinking water for instance. I take for granted that I can have a nice warm shower every day and when I visited A Thailand village, the water was cut off and I was told we may have to wait a day before it’s back on. It was being exposed to such circumstances that really open your eyes. It opened my eyes to the stupid shit I worry about, but also how much stupid shit this world can worry about. I think about all those girls missing out on Kylie Jenner’s lipstick and their world crumbling, when there are people out there cut off from a water supply. I needed this reality check to actually see how shit group mentality and group fear of scarcity is. We actually worry about the wrong things but we’re overwhelmingly force fed shit, that we just go along with it because we don’t know any better. It’s back to bringing about awareness in ourselves.

I have never in my life valued all the things I have as much as I do now. I pray for those that need help more than I do pretty much every other day of the week. I am more mindful of my place in the world and that I can make small changes to make a difference.