'I AM FREE TO BE...' by Julie Jordan Scott
This morning I woke up feeling tired, cranky and just not myself at
all. I proceeded to use my daily morning writing practice to rant
about all the noises which surrounded my head instead of the peace
my heart was aiming towards valiantly.
I frowned listening to the slap of the shoe laces against the
morning walker's carefully chosen Nike's.
Yes, it had become ridiculous. In the "whining zone itself" the
tiniest sound like can become cacophonous.
To me, this morning, they sounded thunderous.
To top it off, my right upper back and shoulder area have had this
knot of tension for the past week or so. It will not leave me
alone. It was definitely noticeable as I stood and headed back
inside to rally my troops, rightly known as young people who depend
on me for sustenance, guidance and plentiful hugs.
As I marched down the hallway barking my next round of orders I
listened and really heard the nonsense that I was saying. Shaking
my head disgustedly I marched myself into my room for a time out.
Before flopping on my bed I grabbed my well worn copy of Louise
Hay's classic work: "You Can Heal Your Life".
Thumbing through the book I looked up my hurting body
part "Shoulders. Shoulders.. Shoulders" ...to which Ms. Hay
wrote "Are meant to carry joy, not burdens" it said on a chart on
page 182. Affirmation.. "I am free to be joyous"
I collapsed onto my bed and breathed deeply. Looking at the clock
which read 7:18 am I figured, ok, breathe deeply and hold this
thought for three minutes, plenty of time left over to complete the
morning rush.
Breathing in deeply, I thought, "I am FREE to be joyous". Relaxing
deeply, allowing the bed to fully support me I held it in my heart
and soul, "I am FREE to be JOYous" ohhhh, it was feeling beautifully
perfect.. I felt myself melting into the mattress, my breath
bringing sustenance to my very core.
"I AM free to BE joyous" I mean, who really cares if a walker's shoe
laces slap against her carefully chosen Nike's? Isn't that a part of
the process, of the movement? Ahhhh, "I am free to be joyous"..
I opened my eyes blissfully just in time to see a little two year
old boy's face with a completely free and joyous expression as he
launched himself hurdling onto his centered, peaceful Mommy..
Otherwise known as me.
I laughed and shrieked and hugged him tightly when he landed with
his heart right on top of mine. "Yes, Sammy..we ARE free to be
joyous."
Merriam Webster reminds me that to be joyous means to be
experiencing, causing, or showing joy. I find it especially
remarkable that in my holding the thought and breathing into the
feeling I magnetized it within my little child.
Both the toddler little child in my arms and the forty one year old
one that flows through my veins.
Lets try something out here together.
"I am free to be....... " what?
What are you longing to be free to be?
I am free to be whole
I am free to be rich
I am free to be exceptional
I am free to be an artist
I am free to be successful in my business
I am free to love and be loved
I am free to express myself completely
I am free to paint, to laugh, to.......
What is it that you are FREE to do?
What intentional act will you create to bring that into being?
Just as beloved poet Emily Dickinson said, "I imagine, therefore I
belong and am free." I felt free and joyous so that is what I
experienced and that is what was
Humming through my veins and back out to Samuel, my priceless and
precious little boy who mirrored back to me what it really means to
him to be free and joyous.
Imagine all of these which you have listed here. Allow your mind to
freely sprout other areas where you are free and then be those
aspects, do that which brings them heartfully to fruition.
So be it.
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Julie Jordan Scott works with entrepreneurs and artists to
unlock what is blocks your way to your true success through
her ezine, teleclasses and teleseminars, and personal coaching
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