So, I was sat at my desk a few days ago, pondering, mulling, thinking, considering, ruminating, and racking my brains for ‘the right’ Daily Practice for February. These daily practices are super important you know, empires are built on them, lives depend on them…and I couldn’t think of a thing. I have a list of about 40 potential Daily Practices…but none of them were hitting the spot, none of them lit the lightbulb as it were.
So after 10 minutes of frustrating brain wringing, I decided to get up and have a dance and see if that would loosen some brain cells. And it came to me! Firstly, no empires are built on these Daily Practices, no lives depend on them…LIGHTEN UP! Secondly, the “Lighten Up” article I wrote last week hit the spot with a few of you, and this would be a fun practice. TA-DAH! I love that dancing around my office to Gabrielle and 30 Seconds to Mars (playlist on shuffle throws up some VERY interesting combinations!) can help me to solve a problem, come up with an idea, and exercise my play muscles too.
I am so excited about this practice this month – not only will it allow me to revisit some of my favourite fun previous practices (that I have been dying to repeat ever since, and have restrained myself…I make no promises for the rest of the year though!), but also come up with some other ridiculous, silly, light and fun stuff to do. HAZAH! I will also help me to adhere to my top life rule, which is of course, Lighten up!
And then it occurred to me that it’s a perfect practice in other ways too – spring is coming in my neck of the woods (just go with me here, I hate winter, I want it to be spring NOW!), and our days are ‘lightening up’ too – the heaviness of winter is beginning to go. I even spotted a snowdrop peeking out of the ground today! My apologies to those of you in climes where winter lasts until May – you have my deep admiration and respect, and SPRING IS COMING!
So, who’s with me? Who is going to Lighten Up this February? Leave me a comment to tell me you’re with me (or not – I’d love to know why you wouldn’t join this practice!), and let me know your favourite ways to lighten up.
Love and Light
Donna.x
PS just in case you were wondering – the photo is of the slippers I was dancing in today! 😀 You cannot be serious when dancing in purple fuzzy slippers.
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8 responses to “February Daily Practice: Lighten Up”
It’s good that you like snow living in Chicago! Hope you’re going to dance in the snow! Let me know how you get on with Lightening up this month! Don’t forget to follow on facebook or twitter for daily updates if you’re not already! xx
Love “Lighten Up”!
It fits my life perfectly, too, so I’m all there with you!
We’ve finally got what looks like “real winter” in Chicago ~ we’ve been months overdue for serious snow, which showed up this week. That makes *me* dance!
OTOH, I’m ecstatic that the Sun IS coming back!! so It’s All Good 😉
Love and Hugs ~
Karen
Woohoo Sue! I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets super excited by signs of spring!! Yay, get dancin!! xx
Fabulous Crystal! Do let me know what your kids and your dog think of the extra-light Crystal! xxx
Love it! I think I was one of those who was inspired by the last lighten up post and daily practice of lightening up sounds like fun. My three year old son and daughter will like me added extra doses of lightness to our play and my dog will too. I can see it rippling now. Great practice. Thanks!
Hey Donna, I love this! I’ve been thrilled by signs of Spring in the dead of Winter since I was a kid, growing up in frigid NYC. I totally get that!
Dancing around and lightening up, how beautiful! Think I’m gonna do some dancing myself.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Love and light,
Sue
Thanks Joanna – glad to have brought some light into your life! xx
Yes I am delighted to have found your post today since I was challenged with a very heavy thinker with a heavy judgmental conversation and i wish I would have read you so that i can lighten her existence and not drag me with her. thank you for your light , life looks different from black to blue sky. good luck with all your reaching out.
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