TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH WHAT IS...

We can remove all sorts from our life if we want to, For some time now I've been removing many things from my life, things that don't serve me, Something I'm all for still, But what happens when things enter back in for a moment...like all the yummy treats, especially at this time of year. This is when we're tested. This is when many of us can fall down. We think, sure it's ok for a day or two, a week or two...for a moment, yet then we're back at square one again, sometimes. I'm using food as an example, but relate it to anything in life. There are somethings in life, some people in life, that/who will always be in your world, So can we learn to sit with it, with them, as it is...I think so. Removing things help - yes sure, But in some cases, removing things also can say we don't trust ourselves to be around it, sit with it. It could see us reaching out for treats we know aren't good for us. It could see us reacting to people, when really we know it's just not ours to react to. So what if we could sit with it all and be ok with it all. What if we could honour ourselves enough to be with it, sit with it, have it around without reaching out for the treat. Or reacting to what's not ours...and truly know when it's not ours, And if we are reacting to what is ours, then we get to do something with that for ourselves. What if we could appreciate all for all that it is and let the rest be all that it is. Over the past week I've had my head in the pantry...eating all the goodness that filled the cupboards. And damn it was good.... I tend not to have a lot of shit food in my house these days, because when it's in the house, I eat it all in one go. I'm a food lover at heart. I hardly ever hold alcohol in my house theses days either, because it was better for me to remove it. But I had a thought today about sitting with it, being able to sit with it if things simply just appeared and show up again. To be able to trust myself and honour myself enough to put my hand up to it all and no what's not for me. I know it's doable, because I've done it and I know I can do it with other things too. I'm now able to sit with people who I couldn't sit with in the past, because I know what's mine and what's not mine. It's simply just a choice isn't it...a choice to honour self, however that looks for you. So now I'm sitting with the words 'What does true honouring of self look & feel like for me'? And as I sit with these words each day, I can align my actions to match. So what could you learn to sit with to honour self?