2-14-23 Every week Stew and I spend a day devoted to nurturing our relationship. Included in that is doing a couples exercise to connect with each other and keep our love alive. (After 3 years we’re very excited to be getting close to completing our upcoming book with a year’s worth of these exercises and more, wahoo!)

Prior to our writing exercise we read a few from past years (we’ve been doing this for almost 20 years). I just re-read this one and thought it was a good one to share…

What do I do that brings healing to the world?

1.     Be conscious of my thoughts and always work to get back to joy

2.     Honor authentic me, so getting to #1 sometimes means honoring harder feelings first. I am good at doing that in gentleness and compassion

3.     Work on not letting myself get away with making people wrong

4.     Love and celebrate myself

5.     Indulge in my joy often, which means a lot of hiking and immersing in Tahoe’s many waters in summer and cross-country asking and sledding in winter

6.     Let my silly out to play and laugh a lot

7.     Walk my talk environmentally and socially, living true to my values and principles

8.     Always look for magic, wonder and awe

9.     I cry at reading Lord of the Rings

I am hoping it inspires you to write your own answer to the above question. There are no rules, there is no right or wrong way to answer the question, you don’t even have to use correct English, and you certainly don’t have to share it with anyone else, but it’s kinda fun when you do.  In fact, you can ask someone you trust to join you in the exercise and it’s a great way to connect heart-to-heart.

Sometimes I forget how much I do to empower myself that also heals the world. Because, make no mistake, anything we do to live more from our wholeness, more aligned with Love, nurturing ourself in self-care and well-being, will always bring more kindness, compassion and Love into the world. So happy celebrating yourself…

Today is a good day...and I make it so!