Saturday, September 26, 2009

Enough

One of the things that is really speaking to me at the moment is the idea of seeing myself as whole and knowing that I am enough. In a world dominated by speed, the principles of paced living and considered action that I like to live my life by, often feel challenged.


I'm finding it hard to imagine that I'll be able to hold all the pieces together over the next month: family, exercise and health eating, work, getting ready for markets, BLOGTOBERFEST, time with friends, being creative, and generally doing things that are good for my soul and help in maintaining sanity and balance.


So I have a goal. To trust that I am enough. To shift from a place where I so easily start to feel powerless and sorry for myself, to seeing myself as whole and wise and capable. I wonder what might happen if I start to see myself in this light? I don't just wonder for me, I wonder for you too.
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  1. JasperBoySeptember 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    Thank you for these words. I have thought about this before too, but it is something that I needed to hear today.

    Again, thanks.

    Jen in Melbourne

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  2. ThereisabuttonmissingSeptember 26, 2009 at 12:39 PM

    I have just read what I needed to hear. Thankyou.

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  3. Stacy Kraus McDonaldSeptember 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    Great words friend!

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  4. CarSeptember 26, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Lovely post Cathy! I think you are more than enough!

    I'm feeling in the same boat, but heck am willing to give it a try!

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  5. UnknownSeptember 26, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    Wow that is a great post , beautifully written . Have no fear you are enough .

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  6. juliaSeptember 26, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Great thoughts to fill my head with on this day when I am feeling somewhat overwhelmed with "things" to do!! Thank you!

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  7. FinkiSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    "whole and wise and capable" ...that's exactly how I do see you.
    All that and more.

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  8. midgeSeptember 28, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    a common ideology amoungst like minded women. a quick and easy fix is to try to be 'in the moment' of all that you do. i break this rule often, but it is a good one to live by. lovely post

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  9. The Creative BeastSeptember 28, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    being a craft artist in "a world dominated by speed" IS tricky and so is the concept of feeling that we are enough as we are. but i think i know what will happen when you start to see yourself as whole and wise and capable - your inner "Wise Woman" will emerge, and you will share that amazing love and wisdom with an ever growing circle of like-minded folks, just as you are now =-)

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  10. Cath @ chunkychookySeptember 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    yes... and know that we all understand -slow and steady is good!

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  11. TaniaSeptember 28, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    From over here where I am sitting, it's all so bleedingly obvious: you are way more than enough! But I get that that isn't the point of things. It takes a paradigm shift, a conscious decision, some risk taking and/or a discovery or three. Let me know when you get there. I apologise in advance - I won't be able to stop myself from saying "I told you so!"

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  12. NikkiSeptember 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    While I am sure that you are surrounded by many people who love you who will tell you again and again that you are enough, this is clearly about you. And the way you see yourself, not how other people see you. But that is an interesting thing to do... look at the way you see people and how surprised you are about what they don't see in themselves. Do you think they see us like that?

    Thanks for making me think while you are too. xxx

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  13. Maureen ReynoldsSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    Beautiful post Cathy. You are more than enough, you are enough to share.

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  14. Mookah StudioOctober 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    Why is it that some of us seem to struggle with who we are,that we should be more,do more, or be better, when others see us as oh so much more than we do?

    Don't know, but certainly Midge's advice of trying to live 'in the moment' is good advice. Changes in this area take time, it is after all a shift in our whole cognitive thinking process that we have developed over our whole lives.

    Belief, or self belief, sounds so simple but sometimes so unatainable at the same time.

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  15. GypsyOctober 4, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    I just love it when the www is used for good instead of evil. Thanks for sharing Cathy xx

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