In Omnia Paratus – Ready for All Things – Self-Awareness & Other Life Advice My Mother Never Told Me

I strongly believe it is everyone’s responsibility to create a firm daily devotion to committing oneself to life long learning and the continual development of waking up with honest self-awareness.

This morning I was thinking about some of the teachings of spiritual catalyst, Teal Swan, specifically her guidance about the importance of having an emotional wake up call.

“Our emotional selves are children. And they never grow up. We just learn how to parent our emotional selves better.”

 

Yes my parents gave me good guidance, but they couldn’t possibly have told me everything. Here are a few lessons I am learning along the way . . .

• This moment, right here, right now is the only one you have. Feel it, see it, taste it, hear it and take it all in. Be here now.  The book by Ram Dass

• Hold sacred an unconditional, nonjudgmental relationship with reality as it is right now.
• omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis All things change, and we change with them.  Adapt every day.
• Trust your basic wisdom.
• Everything takes time. It’s okay to live life on your time. You don’t have to run with the herd.
• Watch how you talk to yourself. Realize when you are too self-critical. Stop the pattern. Break the loop.

• Do not worry about how others look at you, what they are thinking or whether you fit in.  Being “normal” will get you nowhere.
• When all else fails, be kind.
• Again, try to be gentle and soft with yourself and with others.
• Stop pressuring yourself. Rushing anything simply ruins it. Slooooooowwwww down.

• There is rarely ever anything to be nervous about.  Face what you think makes you weary.  Get curious about that.
• Remember you are a miracle. Nothing short of a miracle.
• Time is precious. There is none to waste.

• You have what it takes to try anything you want. There are many options, choices and directions you can go.  Experiment with your life.
• You are dying with every single breath. Appreciate every single moment. Even the most annoying ones.
• At any given moment, everything is always as it should be. Acceptance brings serenity.

• You can not control everything.
• You must control the way you respond to others.
• Get to know what triggers your strongest emotions. There’s the work that needs to be done.

• At any given moment, you will know the right thing to do.
• Be thoughtful about everything, even if others are not.
• You don’t have to be larger than life, famous or popular. You simply have to play your part in this wonderful life to the best of your ability, every day.
• Do something ridiculously fun every single day.
• Whatever action you take, whatever word you say, make sure it decreases pain in the world.
• People may disappoint you if they aren’t working on themselves. Forgive yourself for being impatient with them. For they no not what they do.
• Anger and resentment are poison and will manifest into physical ailments. Let go everyday. If you feel yourself getting overly heated and enraged, step away for awhile. Retreat, think, respond.

• Your emotions are important for they tell you what to do. Yes, some of them are signals, but they are here to guide you, not take over your day and life.
• Some emotions are false, yes they are you, trying to protect you, but don’t fall prey to every single one, over reacting to situations is usually related to an over sensitivity to past trauma. The problem arises when you start to react in a bigger way than justified. Read: How to Stop Overreacting.
• Stop making up doom and gloom stories about what might happen in the future. Not everything is going to be a disaster.
• When in doubt about what to do, do something good. Good for you, good for others.
• Open up your heart, be real, be vulnerable. Life is not meant to be lived in the safe zone.
• The painful moments are the lessons. Move through your problems by facing them for they will tell you a lot about yourself.  What haunts you must be addressed. Release your tendency to run away, to seek pleasure before pain.

• Have an unconditional, loving relationship with the world. There is no escape, no exit. There are lessons to be learned every day. Everyone you encounter is your teacher. Pay attention.  Pema Chodron.

I would love to know what lessons you learned on your own. Share below in the comments.