Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Before Success: Spiritual Practice. After Success: Spiritual Practice.

Hello again folks, it's been a while. This is another one of those "writing so I can hear it" posts. And hopefully some of you can gain from it as well.

I got so busy doing work over the last 2-3 months, that while I did hit a monthly revenue milestone that I was aiming for (and would never have considered 2 years ago), I found myself unhappy. I was burnt out, a bit out of balance, tired and crabby.

Guess what I'd done? In my eagerness to say "Yes" to more and more Abundance, I'd started letting some things slide. Some relaxing here, some sangha there, some of my own meditation and prayer and spiritual study over there. And while the business still came in, Your Grateful Guy wasn't feeling all that grateful.

I know the famous phrase "Before enlightment: chop wood and carry water. After englightenment: chop wood and carry water." I've also heard my spiritual teacher Kathianne Lewis mention that people will often pray and pray and pray when things aren't going well, then when they finally get better they'll figure "hey, I don't need to do that anymore." WRONG! And I am guilty as charged,

So it's been a week or two since I really re-committed to re-balance, self-care, re-integrating spiritual practice into the mix. I already feel better - and of course my phone has started ringing again with new therapy clients. It's just like that.

OK, instead of writing anymore I am going to go hug my wife :-)

Namaste, Your Grateful Guy

PS - be careful what you wish for. You might get it!

2 comments:

Mykal Kvenberg said...

Hi there,
I am not a therapist however; I do spiritual healing and work with quite a few people with regards to prosperity and other truth principles. I love the analogy you used in the previous blogs about gardening. I am seeing the results of seeds that I’ve planted a year ago finally sprout. Thanks for posting.

Jennifer Ryan, M.Ed., LPC said...

I really love your willingness to admit burnout when you feel it. I feel it, too and your post is a reminder that we should take care of ourselves first. ALSO, it's a reminder that what we ask for, we receive, everytime. =)

Thanks!
Jennifer Ryan
http://www.ichoosechangecommunity.com/blog