#aicardimom

Spent the day with the kids, lounging around watching movies, and mostly reading Metahuman (Deepak Chopra), exploring my mind. 📖🕯🧘🏽‍♀️

Something I learned: The audio book is needed in addition to the written book for deeper understanding, and especially if you have kids around. Thankfully, Deepak uses his own voice for the audio. It also helps to get through the exercises in the back of the book, and to help guide you through the meditations. Well worth the time and $ to connect with yourself.

I'm always trying to grow for my family. Expanding my mind.. trying to reshape old habits... because I know I'm capable of doing more, and loving people in a better way, than what I have been doing.

Feeling cute in my beat up clothes. I lost 5lbs so I'm feeling myself a little bit.

You're supposed to.

MORNING THOUGHTS:

Try to practice only speaking when it truly matters. Practice not speaking as much, until you are needed. Practice holding your tongue from useless debate because most times, people don't know WTF they talkin about anyway ( no, really..& I'm apart of "some people")

Try to practice speaking, only if you feel it's helpful, only if it comes from a loving place. Try to practice, starting with your own thoughts and self-talk.

And before you speak or offer advice, ask yourself : is it hurtful? is this my opinion or a fact? (b/c an opinion shouldn't be imposed)

.....Did they even ask for your advice? (sometimes, when we are being spoken to, it probably doesn't mean we should offer up our thoughts)

Craig Robinson, tonight 🎤🎹

Heels = $20 Target Jeans = $20 Target Top = $5 Plato’s Closet Lipstick = “Blunt” by Anastasia 

MORNING THOUGHTS:

I'm going to ask you something heavy and you don't have to answer out loud...

How much do you really love yourself? No really, aside from the physical shiit, how much are you supportive of your cells (yourself, in other words) and your spirit?

Medical Moms/Special Needs Parents/Siblings/Family/etc., this question is especially for you:

If you had the condition your family member, son, daughter, etc. had, would you still love and treat yourself, more or less, or would you feel angry and neglect yourself, more or less? Would you ACCEPT yourself the same or would it be different? Would you not have the same spirit, if you lost your ability to express yourself, or be independent, if that's what you're used to, or would you find contentment? (just an example of the severity I'm referencing)

There's no wrong answer here. There is no shame in talking about this either. This is some heavy stuff.

The reason I'm asking, is because I had this thought, that if I were any different, physically or mentally, lost a leg or arm, an eye, my vision, my hearing, my intellect or cognitive ability, I'd still try to learn to love and accept myself

.....and if you really think about it, there are some health conditions that cannot be healed or aided, so in some cases, I'd have no other choice😶

That is so hard to think about, isn't it?

That's why I asked the question.

....because a lot of folks dont think outside their comfort zone. It's hard to imagine, right? But it can happen. It's the realest question you might ask yourself, with all the privilege you might have.

There are still plenty of parents and/or family who have a hard time accepting these type of situations. I like to reiterate the "what if it were you?" question.

If it were you, and your life was born with a special condition, that was out of your control, would you still do what you could, in order to live your best life?? Because as a human being, did you know it's your nature to do so?! How lovely is it that it is nature way to love ourselves unconditionally, in order to survive and thrive in this life.

I know for a fact that's all my little Zaza is trying to do, if I don't know anything else.

MORNING REFLECTIONS💭:

Hey you,

What is your sentence?

Today, write down the one sentence that describes YOU, who YOU are, and what YOUR mission is. Only ONE sentence ya'll, no rambling.

I want you to think about that today... & if whatever actions you are taking does not align with your sentence, find balance in those actions - so that it does.