This week’s Artsyville’s List It Tuesday challenge is What Works – things you’re doing that really work for you.
My list:
1. Collecting heart stones.
They make my heart happy. Enough said.
2. Essences
There are all kinds of perks being a flower essence practitioner and one of them is having a huge supply of essences. One of the first things I do every morning is tune in and listen for what essence(s) will be most helpful for me. I make up a tiny little dosage strength bottle and take drops throughout the day. It’s one of my favorite practices. And here’s a peek at the 12-drawer apothecary cabinet I store my essences in.
3. Gratitude Practice
It’s my belief that gratitude and appreciation are some of the most expansive energies you can dance with. Gratitude places you in the joy of the moment, AND it opens the door to welcoming more. I love the Rumi quote
Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you
Isn’t that a beautiful invitation?
4. Intention Setting
I really find it helpful to hold my attention with focus, and that’s what intentions do for me. I start Monday mornings with a phone call with a small group of friends where we check in and set our intentions for the week. That always feels like a wonderful way to start the week and it’s lovely to have folks holding space for you and cheering you on. Yay!
I also set monthly intentions at the new moon; and daily intentions. And I suppose it’s fair to say that having a word for the year as a guiding star is really an intention as well.
5. Dream Work
I’ve journaled and worked with my dreams since I was a teenager. Dreams feel like such precious gifts to me – spoken in soul language in nightly theatre.
6. Blogging regularly
When I signed up for Michele Bergh’s February blogging challenge at the beginning of the month I didn’t really have a clue how much I’d enjoy it.
We have a family story – when my brother was little he was quite a chatterbox, and my sister looking for a little peace and quiet, suggested he might want to be a bit more judicious in his use of words. She hinted that we were only given so many words in a lifetime and he might not want to use them all up before he reached kindergarten. She teased that he didn’t seem to take to heart but I, who hadn’t yet learned to talk, did. It took me forever to utter my first words, and I’ve always dispensed them in careful measure.
I wonder if I have a backlog of words that are waiting to come out. Blogging regularly might be the perfect outlet.
So there’s a rather random list of what’s working for me right now. What about you? Leave a comment, share your list or just an item. I’d love to hear.
Hi, your list really resonates for me. Just powerful great stuff such as “Gratitude practice”, which didn’t even occur to me when I sat to think about what works for me! When I write in my journal and I write what I’m grateful for, really grateful for, whether in general or for that day/moment, I truly feel better, lighter, feel something lift. It’s incredible how such a small practice can be so powerful and awesome. I also understand how blogging more works/helps… I’ve made the intention to do more of it, more consistently and regularly, because it’s such a great creative outlet and just fun to express, regardless of what the post is. Thank you for sharing your list.
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Hi Karyna – thanks for stopping by. It IS amazing about gratitude isn’t it? I wish everyone understood this. And yay to the more blogging intention!
funny story about the use of words. If you write and don’t speak, you’d be saving a lot of words. Right? Your intention setting reminds me of the monthly goal setting that I do online. I’m telling the world! Better get it done! {:-D
LOL – yes, nothing like public accountability to light the fire of production.
I just love your flower essence cabinet and that you can do that for yourself every morning. How wonderful! What a great list.
Lynn
Thanks for stopping by Lynn. I have to say I do love my cabinet filled with essence magic and feel very blessed and grateful every morning as I dip into to.
Again, such a wonderfully thoughtful list. This list is calling me … and I am going to give it some attention to see what comes. Thank you.
Also, what type of flower essences do you work with?
It is a great list topic isn’t it? Have fun with it Nea.
I work extensively with a large number of essence lines – so much great, high-vibrational stuff available! And of course I’ve created some of my own essences. Great fun.
Wonderful and inspiring list. I share your love of Essences. I am particularly into the use of Rescue Cream… and it’s working for me!
I agree – Rescue Remedy is a handy friend to keep nearby.
Great list! I agree with gratitude and intention. Such powerful things. 🙂
Powerful indeed Natasha. Thanks for stopping by!
I enjoyed the list. Particularly I liked the bit about your sister teasing your brother and you taking it to hear!
LOL – yes. I wonder how many words I saved from heeding that particular advice.
Your heart stone collection is really special it must have been difficult to find them
Not as difficult as you might think Mary. I think once you have something on your radar you start seeing it everywhere. And of course, I’ve been lucky in that friends gift them to me as well.
I think it’d be wonderful if we could use heart-stone currency instead of paper money. 😉
Deborah, Oops!! My words might be running out soon because I have been a chatterer since I was very little!
I have known for years that I am a teacher and that really works for me!
But I discovered last year that at the very core of my being, I am a writer. This blog challenge has helped to confirm that for me.
Thank you for your thought provoking post!
LOL. No worries Ruth – I must have an extra huge backlog so if you ever need some I’m happy to donate.
It’s so exciting when you discover things about yourself that are so core, but you hadn’t always known about them. It’s like finding buried treasure and deserves great celebration in my book.
I loved this post, Deborah. You have so many curious and beautiful interests! Thank you for sharing them. Posts like this are always so fun to read.
Thanks Amy. And thanks for coming by!
A great list. I”m meeting with friends tomorrow, on a Friday, after a long work week, but it is the right thing to do. I will be more energized for the weekend. I do have essential oils but rarely use them. I have a stone bird that I like to drip the oils on. I also have a few shells throughout the house to put oils in, too. I will have to be more intentional. I love that word. Thanks for sharing this month. I am going to miss this forum.
Dripping oils on your stone bird sounds like a lovely practice.
Thanks for stopping by throughout the month. Blog challenges can be such a fun way to connect.
I love your “random” list. We have so much in common and I so appreciate hearing how much you enjoyed the challenge. I really enjoyed it as well and your support and participation is so appreciated! Thank you 🙂
Heartstones. How unique and wonderful.
Thanks for the list! Enjoyed it!
Cheryl
Thanks Cheryl and thanks for stopping by.
Sitting her on a Sunday morning and simply savoring your list…so many things here that I am working on and a few I need to do better at. I need to get back to my gratitude journal.
Hi Paula – thanks for stopping by! I enjoyed your list from LIT as well. A fun exercise is making not of what practices support us.
I have a character in my book who collects heart stones. 🙂 I remember the first time I heard about someone looking for one it was in connection with the ease of manifesting, if you just let yourself do it. I keep wondering if heart stones are going to start showing up for me because of the character, but instead I keep seeing hearts in the sky/clouds. Either a blue heart surrounded by clouds or a white heart surrounded by blue. I’m collecting them by taking pictures!
I love flower essences. Love.
Gratitudes, intentions, dream work and blogging: yes, yes, yes and yes! One of the things I journal about is the first 3. To try and keep myself on track, so to speak.
This is a great reminder of how rich life is when you do these things. It’s percolating an idea, so thank you.
Oh Em heart clouds! How wonderful is that?! I’m keeping my eyes peeled now. Do you know about the Cloud Appreciation Society? Some mightly amazing photos posted there.