Today’s meditation was an eleven minute long #DailyTrip session from the @Calm app.

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The @GlitterbyInk #MarchMoments26 Challenge
The Edge of Wonder Prompt for March 14th : Disorientation
Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Strength card, which is traditionally a representation of inner strength, persuasion usually through means of compassion, influence and/or manipulation, and courage.

Don’t allow moments of disorientation to turn you into a reactionary mess. Instead, use the calming tools and other methods you’ve learned to help keep yourself in a place of calm and quiet.

It is -so- easy to allow our emotions to take the lead. That’s where the speed of reaction comes from, that’s where the snippy comments, flashes of anger, and moments of snark usually live. It can be hard to -not- allow those things to have free reign. This is something I didn’t fully realize until I started on the journey of learning about my emotions and actually feeling them instead of burying them.

When you stay calm, though, instead of reacting, you allow yourself the space to think, tap into inner wisdom, hear intuition’s input, and make better choices.

The message in today’s Strength card and “disorientation” prompt is a reminder that emotions are fleeting and not dependable for gauging a situation or what you should do in reaction. This messages encourages a pause and a deep breath first. It’s not that you shouldn’t feel your feelings, only that you want to make sure they aren’t pushing you into reacting before you have a moment to process and think.

DECK USED:  THE BLUE TAROT

@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again 
Prompts No. 4

What has been taking up most of my mental space lately? 

Seven of Clubs and Nine of Spades – Imbalances and fears; the lack of harmony in your life that these two influences are creating.

Although you are trying to break free, there is a good deal of fear weighing on you, and the worries that come along with that have been keeping your mental space full and chaotic of late. There’s just a lot going on to worry about right now.

Is it actually important to me?

Ace of Spades and Two of Clubs – These fears and worries are only important to you in that you can’t move forward until you’ve sorted out how to solve the problem that’s causing all this imbalance. So… yes.

Although, from these cards it looks like your approach is flawed (interpreted from all those jagged edges in the Ace of Spades combined with the theme of plans and direction in the Two of Clubs).

Other elements included in this reading:
Scotch Pine Cone for Purging Negative Influences
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE FORTUNE TELLER’S DECK

@recoverytrauma_’s Know Myself Questions for Self-Discovery
What Do I Need to Heal? Prompts (Part 1)

What am I still holding onto that no longer serves me?

Strength atop The Star – There is no substitute for the positivity work you need to do in order to stay balanced. Skipping your medication, skipping your meditation, not giving yourself the room to pause and think before you react, entertaining your self-destructive tendencies and unhealthy habits…

All of these things defeat the effort that you are making towards a more positive and optimistic outlook, and the better life that this pursuit can provide for you.

When have I felt most hurt-and what did I learn from that pain?

Page of Wands Rx – Nay sayers are always going to try to shit on your parade. When you’re really enthusiastic about something that you want to try, this reaction from others can really hurt and cause you to lose enthusiasm as a result.

Seven of Wands – It’s better to prove them wrong than it is to listen to them and let them influence you away from what feels right for you. Just because they think it won’t work doesn’t mean that it won’t work for you.

What habits or patterns are keeping me stuck?

Staying at home and wallowing in your time there (Four of Wands) is holding you back from the success and stability you seek (Ten of Pentacles Rx) by stifling your innovative and creative spirit as a result (Ace of Wands Rx).

A lot of your inspiration comes from your time in nature. The less time in nature that you have, the more dormant your inspiration becomes. If you step outside more, you will spark your inspiration more.

Other elements included in this reading:
Pressed Pansy Flowers for Hearing the Heart More Clearly
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  THE BLUE TAROT

This is a catch up post, and I’m not entirely sure what the self kindness was for this day.