I have always enjoyed daydreaming – it has helped me get through many difficult times. Back when I was in the corporate world, it also helped me come up with some of my best ideas. Now daydreaming helps me come up with new and interesting ways to serve my family lentils and leftovers. :0)
While daydreaming a few days ago, I found myself doodling and decided to try to capture it in a circle, since I’m increasingly drawn to the look and purpose of mandalas. I used to doodle quite a bit, but like so many other things, I gave it up along the way. I really like the way I felt totally at peace while doodling. And I didn’t even notice that I was creating a little yin/yang symbol in the center of this mandala until I was finished. I am in search of balance right now. I think I’ll be doing more mandalas and doodles from now on.
I recently took a little break from blogging, but it didn’t turn out to be the long, or even total, break I originally thought I was going to take. For a while I was ready to delete my blogs. I even deleted quite a few posts that I thought were too negative or were going in the wrong direction.
A new blogger friend, Mermaid, left a sweet comment asking if it was perhaps a Sacred Pause I was taking. I had never heard of it before, so I did some research. This was just the breakthrough I needed! I had a name for what I was going through and direction for how to get through it.
From what I understand now, a Sacred Pause happens when we are about to make a monumental breakthrough. We can look back and see everything with total clarity, and most importantly, we can forgive others and ourselves, and finally be at peace and move forward. This is where I was, and this is what I did. Finally choosing total, unconditional forgiveness for all the crap that has been done to me, and all the crap I retaliated with, has made me feel incredibly unburdened and hopeful.
Forward is a good place to be moving. I’m looking forward to the journey. (Thank you Mermaid!)
