- Not going pee during the day because I am too busy to take the time.
- Making excuses for not going to that lunch time yoga class.
- Saying ‘yes’ when I really want to say ‘no’.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Shutting up and smiling when I really want to speak out.
- Getting less than adequate hours of sleep every night.
- Constantly worrying that other people are mad at me.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Giving away my power and letting other people make me feel small.
- Sharing too much of my heart with people who don’t really give a shit.
- Being so hard on myself for mistakes of my past.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Putting off stopping in at my Grandma’s house for tea.
- Devaluing the importance of picking up the phone to have a chat with an old friend.
- Forgetting that there are limits to what I can control.
- Feeling so self conscious all the time.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Selling myself short.
- Letting the wrong people into my Soul House then politely watch as they start fuckin with my shit.
- Worrying more about what others think than what I know to be true for me.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Letting things distract me from doing what really brings me peace.
- Rushing around constantly trying to catch up to life and trying to keep up with all our commitments that I forget the importance of just stopping to be present in this moment.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself.
- Lying in bed at night thinking of all the things I should have done, but just didn’t get to.
- Shame… Feeling it, inflicting it, witnessing it, being anywhere near it.
- Putting on those damn terrorist glasses and seeing myself and the world through their tainted lenses.
- Forgetting to be kind to myself… especially when I forget and then go and do something that I so publicly said I wanted to stop doing.
The day that I remember that I get to choose.
I choose love.
I choose life.
I choose joy.
I choose happiness.
I choose laughter.
I choose kindness.
I choose forgiveness.
I choose bliss.
I choose peace.
The cage is open.
In response to: The Burning Question from Danielle LaPorte ...