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FEBRUARY 2

LISTENING WITHIN

MENTAL BALANCE

“Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.”

St. Bartholomew

As I wake up in the morning, stretching my painfully stiff limbs, my mind starts to race. I hear others in the household or neighbors perhaps, getting ready for their days as I get up and get ready for mine. I know I dreamt last night, but the memories of my dreams are already slipping away as my head starts to clamor with plans for the day. Before I know it, I’m up and about and into my day, and I’ve forgotten to take the time to make contact with my higher power to ask for strength and guidance and hope.

Today, I must ask for help with my recovery, both from addiction and from my chronic pain. I must remember to ask for the help I need in the morning, if I want it throughout the day. And when the loving answer comes, I want it to find me listening.

I take the time to focus my thoughts, to hear and listen to the spirit inside me. That spirit is filled with joy, which today I take time to notice and appreciate, whereas in the past I have taken joy for granted. Joy comes when I focus my thoughts on the body-mind-spirit connection.