Spring is (mostly) here. What does that time look like for you? How do you bring that renewal into your life? Please read on.
For many of us, Spring has started to arrive. A time of transition, of moving more, waking up from a more reserved feeling, watching nature start to explode again with green and noise and life. It can be inspirational, can’t it? But it can also feel like yet another season/year passes, and things have not improved, or we haven’t made as much progress as we might want. What if you could have a way to create Spring in your own heart, so you find renewal consistently?
Finding Growth
There is a lot to living. The daily needs: cooking, cleaning, working for income, taking care of our loved ones, trying to relax, dealing with fun, pain, boredom, and laughter. How can we make it any different; how do we consistently make it better over time?
There is a beautiful process, called the 1% rule. It says that if you improve just 1% daily (or even weekly), in a short time, you will find your entire life that much better. If you apply this rule for five years, your life will have improved in ways that you can’t even begin to imagine right now.
1%
How does that 1% happen? How can you fit it into the ‘lot of living’ we all experience? By taking just 1% of your day – less than 15minutes. And what do you do with this time? You think. Just that.
In those 15 minutes, think about loving yourself, and what is good in you and in your life. Then, extend that – see your life simply being better, however that feels for you. We are all often taught that this type of thinking is selfish. It’s better to be small and humble. But that is wrong. A beautiful quote from Marianne Williamson says it very well.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
The Future
How will this change you? Do it one time, and you will feel good for a day, or even a few days. But, we have a ‘lot of living’ going on. So, persistence is the key. Do it every day. Take those few minutes for you – to find your light, see it, and be grateful for it. As you do, it will grow within you, and it will shine to your future. That 1% will be amazing, and you will see you are amazing as well.
Love, and until next time
