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Finding Focus

6/3/2013

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by Deborah Globus
It’s a rainy morning here on Long Island and all my Monday Morning/beginning of the week stuff is going all wrong. 
 
Instead of making me feel as though there’s a clear path ahead of me, all I feel is a sense of dread – pressure on my heart and a pinching as if there’s too much to do and none of it anything I’d really care to do.

Sometimes a different approach is needed…
Out came the markers.  I know I’m a visual person.  I know that the big movements free up my energy.  This is what came up:

A note to myself: “THIS IS NOT A TO DO —this is a brain dump to see where my head is at


It’s a mess, but it makes sense to me! <3

And the key to the process is to keep at it long enough to “get the message.”  I was pleased with this little (OK…giant) creation.  Looking it over though I started feeling pressured again; that whole too-much-to do-not-enough-time-or-inclination-to-do-it feeling crept back in.

That’s when I picked up that vivid purple-y colored marker and wrote: “THIS IS NOT A TO DO” and that’s when I remembered that of course it isn’t!  I did this exercise to get straight what was going on in my head.  And voila!  There’s a whole lot going on in there – no wonder I can’t focus on one thing!
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Next steps?  Let that stew in the subconscious.  Grab some lunch.  Do the phone call I’m scheduled for at 12:30.  And relax!  Because, hell – if I only get done half of what’s on this beautiful mess, it’d be MORE than enough!
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    My name is Deborah Globus and I am La Padre.  With me you'll find the support you need to uncover practical, do-able spiritual practices that work for you.  I offer new perspectives on old practices like journaling and ritual, with a side of compassion and a healthy dose of humor, just to keep it down-to-earth and real!

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