sacred sundays vol. 10

life is simply a practice

I have more thoughts than my hands can write these days yet I continue to delay sending out another newsletter. Fear of success is what I’ve self-diagnosed myself with. But at least it’s something that I know can be cured one word at a time, so today I am showing up and giving myself my own medicine.

I am continuing to practice more faith and belief in myself. Actually, if you think about it, everything that we do in life can be viewed as a practice. A daily, consistent ritual that moves us; forward, backward, up & down on our journeys. I mean just look around at your life currently as is and you can see what you have been practicing or what you have been avoiding practicing altogether.

The manifestations of your current conditions will always give you the answers that you need. And just like that, we can examine our lives and then shift our entire experiences by active practicing. Something about the word practice has a softness to it: to tread lightly, gracefully, gently.

And you don’t have to get it right all the time. You will make mistakes, plenty of them. But the mistake is only the end if you allow it to be. We get to choose to keep going, despite the flaws, errors, and doubts we feel. We can turn the stone and look at our failures from an entirely new vantage point because we always deserve to try again.

You have to be so mindful of the thoughts that you are telling yourself. Pay attention. Your mind is your most precious and sacred tool. Speak well to yourself on all occasions, even the terrible ones. It will make such a profound difference in the way that you perceive your life and everything happening in it. It is such a subtle yet powerful shift of consciousness.

Take your time. There is no race, it’s an illusion. The world may be waiting for you to show up, but it’s most important that you show up for yourself first. Don’t let anyone rush you.

With love,

Taylor