Goodbye Gadgets...

 

Have you ever felt like you were tied to your gadgets and

gizmos?  I have, so I said goodbye to both.  Okay, not for good

but for now.  I have spent the last two weeks challenging

myself to only look at my phone when I chose to make a call or

need to pull up information.  I have placed both my cell phone

and IPad in places where I cannot seen them. 

These last two weeks of detoxing off of devices has freed my mind, body and spirit.  I did not realize how many times a day I reached for my phone even when it wasn’t beeping.  Or, I would plop down in my big blue chair in my office and grab my IPad and just start surfing the web using it as a tool to numb out in the moment instead of just being still when I had a few minutes to spare. 

 

It is not that I am anti gadgets and gizmos.  I just have this love hate relationship with them.  As someone who values time I noticed a pattern of my devices starting to devour my values one second at a time, one look, one glance and the next thing I knew an hour would pass. 

 

I had even gotten in the habit of reading on my devices before bed which made it easy to multitask between a book, email and instant message, no wonder I could not sleep, my brain never shut down.  So I even made a choice to turn off my devices a few hours before bed and only read the good old fashion way, a real book, pages in my hand, ink on the paper kind of reading, the kind that when the sun goes down so do I. 

By being intentional about my gadgets and gizmos, by using them by choice and not habit, I have been able to clear my brain space and make room for white space.  I have been able to enter into my moments with expectations of spontaneous joy.

Until two weeks ago I had not realized how much my eyes were being kept from seeing the gift of the moment because my eyes were on screens and my thoughts were on texts, email and the latest news.

My mind went from feeling like mush to focusing on fabulous moments.  So please do not be offended if you email me or text me and I do not get back to you immediately.  I am not ignoring you, I am pressing into the moment and will check by choice what crosses my brain.

 So, let’s see how the next two weeks goes, they say it takes 21 days to break and make a new habit, I am 14 days in.

Have a beautiful today my blogging friends and thank you for stopping by.

 Cris

“Living in the moment”

A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSANDS WORDS...

A glimpse of what living in the white space, silence and shadow of God looks like.

 I have spent years learning how to limit a to do list.

 Years learning how to fold into the moment.

And yesterday was one of those days where the fruit of my labor became tangible.

My intentions at the start of my day was to allow for my white space to open up for spontaneous moments of joy.

If a picture says a thousand words then two pictures say even more.

 

When the opportunity arose last night to hang out with my daughter, grandson, my son and one of my adopted girls, "yes" came off the tip of my tongue with ease.

It takes hard work to be intentional with how I choose to use my white space.  However, as I post these pictures and think about the joy I experienced with some of the people I care about the most, it makes the work worth it.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a beautiful today my friends and may you experience spontaneous joy.

 Cris

“Living In The Moment”

SILENCE...

                                       
                           

God is not into the silent treatment.  


However, God can be seen in the silent moments

and shadows of the day.


I will embrace the sacred white space

of my life.


I will be still and know that God is for me

and not against me.


Cris
"Living In The Moment"

                                             

DELIGHT....

 

I choose to believe that this is a good choice.

I choose to delight in the progress of my work not the perfection.

Cris

FOLLOW...

 

 

 

Dear God,

 

Today I will choose to follow my heart.

 

To do what is right.

 

To speak what is good.

 

To live in the now.

 

To embrace the space between how I feel and what I say.

 

Today I WILL FOLLOW MY HEART!



Sincerely,
Cris

BETTER...

Dear God,

Today I choose to:

Live Better

Laugh Better

Love Better

Sincerely
Cris

"Living In The Moment"

 

Created To Be Seen...

While I focused my sight on the word FREEDOM  for the last seven days, I jotted down the
 greatest lesson I learned in the smallest flicker of light in the early mornings of my week.

My tribe, the one I shared about just a few post back, they have given me the FREEDOM
to show up and be me.   Little had I known I had been driven to hold back and hold in the real deal, I would never show up all the way. I was trained to keep parts of me hidden. Holding back was a means of hoping everyone would like me and except me.

The reality  was, the more parts I hid, the more I had started to disappear, dwindling down to nothing.  I felt like a faceless woman preparing to never be seen or heard.

That was until I met three women who have changed the course of my life forever.  These women have become my closest friends, my confidants, sacred soul sisters. They have helped me come out of hiding. They have helped me weed through the practice of playing small. They have encouraged me through their own actions to fully show up, fully be seen,  and fully be heard.

The more I spend time with these three women the more I realized how much I had been missing out in most of my life.  Though I have others outside this tribe, these three have actually taken up residence in my heart. Each one making a permanent imprint on my soul. Each one giving me the FREEDOM to be me 100% me! The good and hard parts, the silly and serious.  Their very presence brings out the best in me.  

My hope, my prayer is that others who have been trained and taught to hold back. Those in this world who are dying from the disease of disappearing will find healing and hope through the story of the four of the most amazing women I know.

Thank you for visiting The Front Porch
Cris