Breathing in the Day

(Originally published 1 August 2015)

This is one of my morning rituals, that I perform to put myself in a positive mood. I devised it to help combat the emotional pain and sometime despair that plagued me all too often when I contemplated the poor management, negligence, and dissatisfaction I experience at work. After more than a year and a half of active looking, I still have not secured the right position, but I rarely feel demoralized and hopeless these days, and this has been one of the tools to help me.

After brewing my morning coffee, I get out my journal, and using different colors on alternating lines (this isn't essential, I just like the visual impact), I write the words "Breathe in ____. Breathe in _____." Sometimes I will pair alliterative attributes such as Strength and Success, Flexibility and Focus, Purpose and Passion. Other times I will pair a longer word and a shorter one so as to fit them on a single line, so that "Breathe in" appears at the start of each line down the page. Such long/short pairs are Abundance and Love, Determination and Hope, Compassion and Joy.

Other attributes I invite are Clarity, Prosperity, Healing, Calm, Peace, Acceptance, Contentment, Cheerfulness. Occasionally I think to verbalize the words as I walk on my breaks at work, sometimes combining it with actual conscious breathing. I'd like to cultivate this habit, as I have so successfully as part of my early morning routine. On the very few days I haven't done so over the last few months, I find I miss it. So I offer it to my Spark Friends, in case the practice should resonate with you.

Blessed Be, Amanda 

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