We enter this life fully-loaded with all the talents, magic, and wisdom we need to live the healthiest, wealthiest, happiest life ever.
But because our sense of self was shaped by childhood experiences, we internalized many, many, many faulty messages that froze us in the past. We're carrying those way too many extra pounds around with us still. Our body begs for our attention, and through dis-ease, it unconventionally invites us to get out of our heads (Overthinking experts that we are), return to our bodies and discover who we really are.
Reflective Writing, one of the many tools in the Journaling for the Health of It! ™ toolbox, works with us to learn and understand where our erroneous thoughts and behaviors come from. It makes us more aware of…ourselves.
According to Wikipedia, "Self-awareness is the explicit understanding that one exists. Furthermore, it includes the concept that one exists as an individual, separate from other people, with private thoughts." And Webster's medical dictionary says "self-awareness is an awareness of one's own personality or individuality." Here’s a way to start getting to know You!
Awareness101 exercise
Grab 15 or 20 minutes (or more...it's okay) for yourself in a completely quiet space. Bring a pen and notebook with you. Get a cup of tea, juice or water if you'd like. Listen to Rhapsody in Truth which includes Barry Manilow's song "All the Time" :
All the time I thought
There's only me
Crazy in a way
That no one else could be
I would have given everything I own
If someone would have said you're not alone
All the time I thought
That I was wrong
Wanting to be me, but needing to belong
If I had just believed in all I had
If someone would have said you're not so bad
All the time, all the wasted time
All the years, waiting for a sign
To think I had it all
All the time
All the time I thought
There's only me
Crazy in way that no one else could be
I can't believe that you were somewhere too
Thinking all the time there's only you
All the time, all the wasted time
All the years, waiting for a sign
To think I had it all
All the time
When you feel like it, write at the top of the page "I Am Aware That..." and just write, write,write until you feel it's right for you to stop.
If you want to see if you’re doing it correctly, :+) here's what came up for me during this exercise.
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