Rumi’s Reflections: Alison Wem’s Journal – Day 6
Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth
Trust that
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth
Trust that
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Listen to Alison Wem’s reflection on joy and receive a boost to how you feel.
It’s a simple exercise and lasts less than 5 minutes. It can be done at any time of the day.
Give yourself a treat, you deserve it.
Blessings.
Reflection on Joy here
Am I just flesh and bones?
Do you feel there is more to you than flesh and bones?
Well yes actually. I am more than my body. I have thoughts, feelings and dreams. I love my parents, my partner and my children even though they annoy me sometimes. Surely all of this is part of me as well as my body.
Your thoughts, feelings and dreams are all energy as much as your body. Have you ever felt your mother’s disapproval without her even speaking a word?
Well of course I have, especially when I was growing up.
Life is full of choices. You are given the free will to make your own choices. Your choices affect how your life unfolds.
Of course for our own well-being, we all need a safe and comfortable place to live, food on the table and clothes to wear. Once you have those, what choices do you make on where to spend your time and energy?
Do you choose the extra overtime for the cash? Or perhaps to do those evening emails to help you climb the corporate greasy pole?
Are you choosing to live a life or a living?
When fear is all around you as it feels to be at the moment, it is easy to inadvertently absorb it.
What can you do?
You are not defined by others’ actions but rather by how you respond. You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your reaction. I would like to think I chose hope over fear. No matter what is happening, I would always hope;
When I want to remind myself of the power of hope to our individual survival, I reread the book;
Man’s Search for Meaning: the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust