This is great Heather! It was fun to read this and imagine where you were in your life and where I was in mine when you were listening to that podcast episode. I love that you are sharing this wisdom and writing your story. I also had to laugh when you were describing the uneaten dinner plate. My wife gets so upset with the kids don't eat the dinner she made. I look forward to the rest of the chapters!
Thank you for your comment, Noah! I've spent most of my life striving to "become someone" and "get somewhere" by desperately clinging to things. The concept of groundlessness, as discussed in this particular podcast episode, has been been very liberating for me. I'm also glad to hear I'm in good company with the dinner situation : )
Love this very personal, very relatable discussion. I’ve so often been in that emotional situation, and sometime let it overpower me to destroy relationships and possible futures. Less now, but it lurks.
Thank you for your comment Dan! I like that you mentioned possible futures- we truly are cultivating the growth of our future with our current actions. Many future opportunities arise from our attention to the present moment.
I appreciate and resonate with so much of this - as a parent, former bedside healthcare worker, and human being who leans on labels to validate my value. We truly are the organic fabric of being that underlies everything we do and everything we choose to pursue. Those things don't necessarily define us, but they can be a doorway to tracing steps and decisions back to our core self.
Thank you for this chapter!
(I worked with Alex - he was/is such a wonderful human and spoke so highly of you!)
Thank you for your comment, Sarah! I like your description of our true selves as “organic fabric.” Beautiful. I hope you are well and continue to enjoy the readings and exercises! I’m glad Alex spoke well of me. He’s a pretty great person too, as you know ❤️
one thing that stuck out to me specifically in this post was the labels we give our selves. I tend to say things like "I'm a climber" rather than I like climbing rocks. I think it does play a toll on mindset and setting expectations for myself. Because I'm a climber i have specific outcomes to achieve almost like its a job rather than a fun hobby. By thinking that way it can sometimes take the fun out it and you forget sometimes why you do it. So I think taking away the label might help take away the stress as its not something i have to be rather than something i choose to do because I enjoy it. So I think that is a mindset i am going to work on changing.
Thank you for your comment, Laura! I can see how clinging it that title, though positive, could lead to striving and self judgment. We tend to cling to these identities because they create a sense of belonging, and that is a sign that we’ve lost sight of our true nature. Just by existing, we belong. We can reawaken to our true nature through mindfulness exercises, and by expanding our awareness of what we “are.”
This is great Heather! It was fun to read this and imagine where you were in your life and where I was in mine when you were listening to that podcast episode. I love that you are sharing this wisdom and writing your story. I also had to laugh when you were describing the uneaten dinner plate. My wife gets so upset with the kids don't eat the dinner she made. I look forward to the rest of the chapters!
Thank you for your comment, Noah! I've spent most of my life striving to "become someone" and "get somewhere" by desperately clinging to things. The concept of groundlessness, as discussed in this particular podcast episode, has been been very liberating for me. I'm also glad to hear I'm in good company with the dinner situation : )
Love this very personal, very relatable discussion. I’ve so often been in that emotional situation, and sometime let it overpower me to destroy relationships and possible futures. Less now, but it lurks.
Thank you for your comment Dan! I like that you mentioned possible futures- we truly are cultivating the growth of our future with our current actions. Many future opportunities arise from our attention to the present moment.
I appreciate and resonate with so much of this - as a parent, former bedside healthcare worker, and human being who leans on labels to validate my value. We truly are the organic fabric of being that underlies everything we do and everything we choose to pursue. Those things don't necessarily define us, but they can be a doorway to tracing steps and decisions back to our core self.
Thank you for this chapter!
(I worked with Alex - he was/is such a wonderful human and spoke so highly of you!)
Thank you for your comment, Sarah! I like your description of our true selves as “organic fabric.” Beautiful. I hope you are well and continue to enjoy the readings and exercises! I’m glad Alex spoke well of me. He’s a pretty great person too, as you know ❤️
one thing that stuck out to me specifically in this post was the labels we give our selves. I tend to say things like "I'm a climber" rather than I like climbing rocks. I think it does play a toll on mindset and setting expectations for myself. Because I'm a climber i have specific outcomes to achieve almost like its a job rather than a fun hobby. By thinking that way it can sometimes take the fun out it and you forget sometimes why you do it. So I think taking away the label might help take away the stress as its not something i have to be rather than something i choose to do because I enjoy it. So I think that is a mindset i am going to work on changing.
Thank you for your comment, Laura! I can see how clinging it that title, though positive, could lead to striving and self judgment. We tend to cling to these identities because they create a sense of belonging, and that is a sign that we’ve lost sight of our true nature. Just by existing, we belong. We can reawaken to our true nature through mindfulness exercises, and by expanding our awareness of what we “are.”