Welcome to Day 2.

When things are important to me, I can get REALLY SERIOUS about them.

And when I’m feeling high levels of stress, my stress sends my seriousness into overdrive.

Which makes me walk around stressing very seriously about something that often had simply started out as something I loved or was excited about. Things that were joyful at the beginning. Things that held so much promise.

And then just start to feel … heavy.

For many years, I literally had this scribbled on a post it and taped to my bedroom wall: “Lighten up, Francis” (a quote from some old movie, not worth googling because I think it’s a bit … outdated, to say the least).

I think this is where the seriousness comes in:

We can spend so much of our time trying to control — trying to stay comfortable.

The truth is: there is SO little we can control.

And yet, we burn a ton of energy focusing intensely and seriously on what we can’t control.

Loosen your grip!

So often what we care about, what we’re trying to control, we hold onto so tightly.

But imagine what it would feel like to hold what we love in a softer way?

Especially for my fellow “hard workers” and perfectionists here.

Take the next 5 minutes or so for today's guided meditation,

Then put pen to paper with this morning's journaling prompt:

Imagine what it would feel like to hold what we love in a softer way?

And perhaps...

What would it feel like to hold this beginning of 40 Early Mornings — no matter how it’s going — in a softer way? Where might you need to "loosen your grip" or "lighten up" in your life right now?

Ok. So much more to come. Just enough for now.

I’ll see you right back here tomorrow morning,
Cath

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