Recovery Seeds for
December 2010
Thursday, December 2
Welcome to Day 2 of Recovery Seeds.
This week we’re just taking a little time to become familiar with the basics of recovery … heightening our awareness, and thinking about the root of our challenges.
Taking an inventory of the things that cause pain isn’t generally an enjoyable task. Most of us would rather think about anything other than a difficult family situation or a chronic illness.
Even so, heightened awareness forces us to spend some time thinking honestly about the areas that need improvement. What is the root of the issue? Avoidance? Poor nutrition? Fear? An incurable disease? The need to over-achieve?
Spend a little time considering the root of your pain. Maybe, on a rare occasion, you’ll decide that there’s nothing that can be done to improve the situation … then again, maybe you’ll find that having a glimpse of the root of the problem begins to open a channel for change.
Just for today, consider that there might be a better way.
“For we are not afraid to follow the truth, wherever it may lead.” Thomas Jefferson
I’m wishing you wellness and tender, healing nourishment,
Take good care,
Jane
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Yesterday’s Post:
Wednesday, December 1
Pay attention to things that bring you pain, anxiety, or concern today. Your body, mind, and spirit. What’s nagging? What do you continue to push to the back burner?
Begin a path of recovery by raising your awareness to the things that need your loving attention. Is it a stiff aching joint, a resentment you’ve refused to face, a painful raw emotion?
For today, become aware of your pain.
“Our very life depends on everything’s recurring ’til we answer from within.” Robert Frost
I’m wishing you wellness and tender, healing nourishment,
Take good care,
Jane
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Agree 100% Jane. I benefited (and still do) from periods of self-enquiry on my hurts, emotions, and challenges. It’s a skill we could all learn practicing at an earlier age.To not self-enquire means chances are you will re-visit the lions’s den again and again and be pained again and again without understanding why. Which just goes to show that one of our greatest fears is merely to see and face ourself. Break that and freedom awaits. Bless you for your Recovery Seeds – the seeds of a new day for many I hope!
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Good morning, John …
Thank you for your kind words. Sometimes it takes visiting the lion’s den over and over before we realize our situation, and certainly before we can understand how to make it better.
Facing our fears is daunting, and at the same time, very powerful.
My prayer is that people, myself included, will make room for new periods of introspection and growth … healing.
Thank you, John. I’m so glad you stopped by.
~ Jane
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Dear Jane,
I want to thank you again for these wise words of encouragement. I am so with you on these posts, sometimes though as mere humans we forget and have to go back and trace our steps to the roots!
By way of coincidence I’m writing about roots on my Gratitude Advent Calendar today! Again I’m so glad I came across you beautiful site by way of Jamie Ridler, another reason for gratitude, you both inspired me.
Thank you
Sue x
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Good morning, Sue …
I’m so happy to see you here this morning! Hope you’re enjoying the snow, and keeping warm!
I had a busy day yesterday, but wanted to be sure to tell you how much I love your gratitude calendar (very clever!) and will look forward to my visit each day. It’s a lovely place to give time to my own gratitude!
Looking at the root of the matter is important. We often see only the surface, the lifelessness and discomfort, and aren’t able to look deeper, into the causes. When we can see the cause (just as we see the cause of a sore finger is the splinter within) we can begin to come up with a plan to feel better.
Thank you for stopping by, my friend, it’s great to see you!
Take special care today,
Jane
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Hi Jane,
Exactly, once we examine the root cause of our problems, then we can solve our problems and get rid of the pain. If we don’t know what the root cause is, then we can’t heal our pain. Thanks for sharing
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Hi Dia,
Sometimes we have problems, or pain, that we really can’t solve. Sometimes the lesson is acceptance … but it has been my experience that most of the time I can at-least improve my situation, even if I’m not able to alleviate it completely.
Isn’t it beautiful that we almost always have a choice about how we’ll feel? With awareness comes the possibility of change.
So glad to see you again …
Take good care,
~ Jane
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Your answer lifts the inengliletce of the debate.