INSPIRATION
Put your whole self in. As
you get into this practice
and it becomes habit
three things will occur.
ders, recalling all the Toms and Sallys in our lives
who have either wronged us, or shamed us, or they
didn’t do it right. We are aiming to continue dancing through each day of life with all this weight on
our hearts and mind while not being able to be truly impassioned and energized in this day and this
moment.
So what needs to happen for us to make the shift?
Decide now, today, this moment with every encounter you are going to put your whole self in. If
you are at a restaurant with friends put your phone
away, if you are going on your first date – be you
and share who you really are rather than holding
back and editing most of the things you share, and
if you are facing a fear truly face it rather than replace it and keep walking forward in the direction
of your life.
Put your whole self in. As you get into this practice
and it becomes habit three things will occur.
1) YOU WILL HAVE MORE ENERGY
There’s a story of a guy riding a bicycle up hill and
he is really struggling. What he doesn’t realize is
that he is driving with his brakes on. The energy it
is taking for him to move forward while at the same
time “being locked in place” is likened to a person who wants to move forward yet is holding on
to past sorrow, or the people they perceived have
done harm against them or energies of regret and
disappointment.
2) YOU WILL BE MORE EMPOWERED
Putting your whole self in the moment requires a
practice of being able to say who you are and be
what you feel. If you are committed to being a person who does not carry around past luggage from
yesterday then you will be able to travel lightly as
you go from place to place and person to person
for you are being true to yourself. Just the simple
and profound commitment to speak and live the
real you will change your energy level dramatically.
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3) REEDOM IS GIFTED TO YOU AND TO
OTHERS
You are able to truly put your whole self in first and
not wait until you turn yourself around just like the
order of the song. When you put your whole self in
and allow your energy to change which will change
your life, an amazing and incredible thing happens.
You feel better, you like the feelings and thoughts
you are having, and you have people saying to you
all the time, “How do you have so much energy?”
The wonder of this is oddly enough you are able to
give the same permission to others in your life. You
begin to see them as whole rather than broken,
possible instead of impossible, and life becomes a
new playing field. You wake up one morning and
you are truly free from your own self- bondage.
This inner dialogue moves from being a thought
into a feeling and finally a realization. Your whole
self – you begin to measure it daily in your work,
with your families and loved ones, with the moments of silence and retreat you gave yourself.
Begin this amazing, enlightening practice. Affirm
before every event –I am putting my whole self in
and reflect at the end of the day, did I do it? Did I
put my whole self in? If not, how can I make more
of an effort tomorrow?
This is your moment – begin now. Put your whole
self in! Be Life!
Temple Hayes is the author of When Did You
Die? 8 Steps to Stop Dying Every Day and Start
Waking Up (HCI Books) and spiritual leader
of Unity Campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. She
is an internationally acclaimed speaker with a
global following and is one of the most respected and authentically inspiring leaders in spiritual enrichment today. Temple Hayes also hosts an
extremely popular radio show, The Intentional
Spirit on Unity Online Radio. For more information, visit www.templehayes.com
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