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Av Kasia - 15 juni 2014 19:20

Även roliga saker tar energi.

Att vara ensam med en Femårig Pojke kan ta på krafter ordentligt, även om det är roligt.

Så jag blev extraglad igår, när två blev tre.

Kärleken kommer ibland med tåget :)

Nawet przyjemnosci kosztuja duzo sily.

Samotne opiekowanie sie Pieciolatkiem kosztuje sporo energii, nawet, jesli jest najmilszym zajeciem na ziemi.

Dlatego, kiedy z nas dwojga zrobila sie trojka ucieszylam sie niezmiernie.

Czasem, Milosc przyjezdza pociagiem :)

 

Inte bara jag som saknade M.

Ktos jeszcze oprocz mnie tesknil za M.

 

Allt kommer på sin rätta plats när två blir tre.

Jest jakas niewatpliwa harmionia w... Trojcy.

 

  

och det är lättare att hitta tid och PLATS för avskildhet.

latwiej tez znalesc chwile i miejsce na odosobnienie, kiedy dzieli sie odpowiedzialnosc.

 

Och möte med sig själv.

Latwiej jest umowic sie na randke z samym soba.

 

Nu när helgen håller på att ta slut... Stanna upp en stund. Har du haft tid att ta hand om dig själv?

Konczy sie weekend... Zatrzymaj sie na chwile i zastanow. Miales czas choc chwile zajac sie soba?

 

Om svaret är NEJ, passa på, det är några timmar kvar av helgen. Ha en fin kväll Allesammans.

Jesli jeszcze nie, to moze wlasnie teraz jest czas? Milego wieczoru Wszystkim.


Av Kasia - 25 april 2014 09:51

When I hear this question: Is glass half empty or half full? I get sooooo tired, and soooooo bored.

Who cares?

I fill my glasses as much as I WANT to!

Like this morning:

 

Full to the top! With GOODNESS and Vitamins!

More! I DARE to put it on a white, handmade tablecloth! Because it will make my morning a bit MORE :)


And if I want even more?

 

Check it out! This glass might be dirty, but it is (damn me!) filled OVER THE TOPP!

Was it even possible? I made this possible, because I did not hesitate to pour A LITTLE BIT MORE!


And what if one day I don't want it to be full. Maybe the QUALITY is more important than the quantity sometimes?

 

Fot. Monika Henriksson (www.polkawszwecji.wordpress.com)


There you have me caught on picture indulging in my new addiction: Espresso Macchiato.

Pure pleasure in a HALF EMPTY glass. (A full glass of this could kill me ;)

So let me put it this way:

I choose the size of my glass.

I take control over what is in it.

I decide how full or empty it is, to my own GOOD!  


Weekend is waiting at the door. Some glasses will be filled, raised and inevitably also emptied   

Be kind to yourselves!


Love and Refreshing Drinks to All.

<3

Av Kasia - 19 april 2014 10:23

Wesolych Swiat Wielkiejnocy*
Glad Påsk *
Happy Easter*

My dream sandwich of All Times is here.
And the fruit bread straight from Heaven.
***
Enjoy Yourself Good People!
Love to All.

Av Kasia - 30 mars 2014 16:06

Is stress dangerous for us?

NO! Stress (and adrenaline) has always helped us survive when we were in danger. When we needed to choose between fight or flight.

Take ZEBRAS. They live among lions. They are lions’ food. They should be TERRIBLY STRESSED.

But they are not. Why? They do not PLAN or WORRY for the next lion chase. They do not ANALYSE their last lion chase. What they do is they RECOVER after the lion chase. They go and chew some grass and sunbath, scratch their backs on trees, whatever.

This is why ZEBRAS are mentioned in stress recovery sometimes. And this is why I choose to be one. I choose to rest when I need to. I choose to respect my body’s signals. And also SAVE the energy for the times I can need it more. As often as I manage...

And when I feel I might need an extra reminder I put my talisman on for help:

   

So do not be afraid of stress! Moderate stress pushes us forward and helps us achieve things!

As long as it is followed by RECOVERY and REST we are on the safe side   

There are still few hours left of this Sunday, so REST YOURSELF INTO THE NEW WEEK!

Love to All.

Av Kasia - 29 mars 2014 23:03

I was going to write about the Zebra-effect, but it does not tickle me at all tonight.

Do I dare to write about how CALM I managed to be the whole day? Will it make tomorrow a day from hell? Will I jinx it?

I will take the risk.

I don’t really know what happened. I don’t know what it was that I had done differently.

Often times the weekends are most challenging for me. I find no space for myself mentally and I feel it is too much to do with all the people, all the food and all the fixing.

But today?

All the children were happy, kind and helpful. At least 2 of 3 were unplugged most of the day (not only during Earth Hour!) doing stuff together with us, running outside. There was this symbiosis and harmony above us.

And now the question is, was I calmer because the whole family was so harmonious or were they harmonious because I was calmer?


Last Saturday I destroyed my day by doing too much. I did not repeat the same mistake today. I even took a nap during the day and several breaks in the sun. Am I possibly getting wiser? Am I possibly starting to listen to what my physical body needs?

 

Harmony, I spread my arms wide open to welcome you. Please stay!


Love to All and goodnight.

Av Kasia - 28 mars 2014 10:05

Good things that already happened today:

I had my green juice, which was actually red because I still cannot resist those eco-beetroots!

I had enough mental peace (and that was early morning!) to let my 5-years-old “help” me to juice. Also we had a minute or two to play together and take a slow walk to the day care.

I had enough awareness with me to see a funny thing and take a picture of it (scroll down for result ;)

I managed to keep my heart beat SLOWLY all the way back home, which is seldom the case when I have things planned for the rest of the day.

I chose writing this post instead of washing my hair. That actually might have been a bad decision but I will have to live with or wear one of those:  


And now why do I think all those things happened and gave me a beautiful, mindful morning?

I see two reasons for that:

  1. It is a lovely, bright and sunny day and birds are singing like crazy.
  2. I took 10 minutes of my morning to MEDITATE. To start the day with SLOWING DOWN my thoughts rather than RUSHING them UP. To consciously choose my thoughts and mentally paint a picture of this day for myself.

This is something a stressed brain needs. Maybe even several times a day. To anchor my thoughts, to remind myself about conscious breathing. To focus of small GOOD things. Because nothing of that came naturally to me when I was stressed out. When my body was a machine to produce result, accomplish things. Because without them I thought I meant nothing.

I thought... If I thought that stuff was TRUE, maybe I can start THINKING and PRODUCING different kinds of thoughts and TRUTHS that are more beneficial and kind to me? I believe so. Now I do. One year ago I didn’t even know one could resonate this way.

And suddenly there was this new door, a new opportunity right in front of me:

   

Would you dare to pull the handle? Or at least stretch your hand and knock carefully?


Love and Sun to All.

Av Kasia - 27 mars 2014 22:06

Today I got reminded, again, how fragile my new constitution is. It has happened before so I should be trained in being flushed down the toilette. And I am somehow.

There were days when I seriously believed that I failed in recovering, just as I failed in everything else.

Today I know that this is how recovery looks like. One step forward, two steps back. Sometimes three or four, and a flush down the drain. For a while.

One therapy hour can use all the fuel I had saved for the entire day. This afternoon I closed the door behind me and I prayed quietly for someone to lead me home. I guess I prayed too quietly. But I came home...

Because today I am a Zebra. I do my race for life and then I rest, I charge my batteries. I let the healing process take its time. And the rest has to wait.

I am now also very aware of the thoughts I choose to believe in. Because they are the roots of my feelings. And I refuse to feel like crap anymore so I CHOOSE not to.

Do you THINK you can BELIEVE that?   


 Love to All.

Av Kasia - 26 mars 2014 21:14

Honestly, isn’t it kind of ugly to put yourself first? Before others?

As I see it now, putting anyone and anything else before you works only short term.

In order to create a sustainable life strategy for yourself you need to take care of YOU. And when you do it properly you can be a bottomless dwell of kindness and help for others.


When you fly next time try to listen to the security instructions carefully. What do they say about the oxygen masks? Put YOUR OWN on first so that you can assist anyone else around you. Even if it is your child! I thought it was a terrible, heartless idea at first. And then things happened in life and I had to revisit my own idea of right and wrong. In parenting. Working. Living (a harmonious!?!?) life.

Our children don’t need hero-parents. They need healthy examples of how they should take care of themselves.

I have always been a terrible example of just that. Until recently. I gave up bad conscious when I go and do YOGA one evening a week. Or when I stay home all alone a whole weekend and retreat within, REST, listen to silence. Every day I train myself in self-love. And self-respect. Because you have to respect yourself enough to see that you deserve attention from that kind person you are to others. But seldom your own self! Not true?

I like to think: When I say NO to one thing it gives me a chance to say YES to something else later on. One small NO now and then can be an investment into a bigger YES in the future. Isn’t that an excellent way to save yourself a lot of bitter thoughts of selfishness?

I think so. And it works LONG TERM!

We like long term. We like strategies that last. Even more, strategies that ADD to the quality of our life.

As I said, it was not always this way for me. I was nowhere near these notions of self-care until that other strategy actually left me “thorn and bleeding on the floor”.

Only recently, and with significant help from other people, I realized that I am worthy of wearing a sweetest sign of love. A heart.

I felt I was too huge and clumsy, and serious, respectable (!)… piece of iceberg to wear it.

But look now:

 

Nothing becomes a universal truth only because someone or something made you believe in it long enough. Think about it.

Love to All.

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