Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Card for Wednesday, October 22, 2014

I'm very sorry I didn't get a chance to post anything last week until today.  I ended up having a very bad strep throat and it's taken a lot of focus and energy to try and start feeling better.  Some day I'll crack how to heal me in a moment :D

Wholeness is being all of who you truly are. By integrating and balancing all aspects of yourself and your life, you increase your ability to feel whole. Wholeness is the wide range of experiences, ideas and feelings that everyone has the potential to live and express.

Nurture your wholeness by balancing things such as; work/play, activity/rest, time with others/ time alone... and by developing all your qualities such as; seriousness, humor, patience, assertiveness, gentleness, compassion, courage...etc..

One way to achieve wholeness is by using others as a mirror to see yourself. What qualities or aspects are you seeing in other people that are the same as yours, and what parts appear to be totally different? Do you see qualities in others that you wished you had? For example, do you come across people that are really joyful or creative, and you can’t remember the last time you expressed creativity or joy? By looking at another person’s positive attributes or gifts, you can awaken these qualities or resources within yourself. Also, if you notice a person’s weaknesses, you can acknowledge where you need to make any necessary improvements.

We all know couples who are total opposites. One person is the dreamer - the other is the realist. One is outgoing - the other is reclusive. One partner wants closeness - the other wants space. Being polar opposites gives us the opportunity to appreciate our differences or to balance the polarities in ourselves to fulfill our human potential for wholeness. By seeing these differences in others we have the opportunity to develop these qualities within ourselves. Appreciate each other’s contrasting and complimentary gifts. Don’t call each other down because of differences... remember that for every women who is called ‘too sensitive’, there is a man who wants to express his vulnerability... And for every man who is called a ‘workaholic’, there is a woman who longs to fulfill her purpose and be taken seriously.

People who are very different from us, are reminding us to become more balanced, whole and healthy in who we are, and how we live our lives. Differences are actually doorways into the hidden dimensions of our character and soul. They are the doorways to balance and wholeness, along our journey home.

The card Wholeness reminds you that part of your life, and your full potential as a human being, may need some balancing. Look within to awaken parts of yourself that may require development or admiration, and notice the parts of your life that needs inclusion or exclusion. As you become more integrated, you will deepen your capacity to experience happiness and fulfillment, and you will finally experience the feeling of ‘being at home’ within yourself!

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