'Don't Forget to Remember'-a poem

Personal Power

Did you forget?

About the power that you hold?

Did you forget, that you are the master of your universe?

Did you forget, how much care you must take with your power?

Take everything else out of the way.

You are the one who is in control,

of how you think and how you feel.

You are the one who decides how to react, respond,

or not.

Did you forget that you can make your world whatever you want it to be?

Why do you let these things into your life that do not make you smile?

Or joyous, or passionate.

You are the chooser.

Did you forget,

that you can decide?

Did you wake up one day,

floating down a river you don’t want to be in?

Why am I here, when I can very easily choose to go there?

There are only the walls you allow yourself to have.

You can keep them up if you like.

But you don’t like them do you?

Because you’re powerful.

Because you were not meant to be restrained by walls,

or ideas, or family patterns, or addictions, or debt.

You were meant to decide.

You choose which river you want to flow in.

You choose how you feel, where you go, what you eat, what you drink, who you talk to, what you read, what you watch, what you think.

Take your power back. Don’t forget, you choose.

-I wrote this after I FINALLY made myself sit down and meditate on a longggg day (you know the kind). Insecurity is a running theme in my mind and it was on the front of every thought that day. I was stressed trying to get a lot of things done, probably mis-managing my time and my "yes's". I'm sure it had something to do with prepping to move more than half-way across the country. I knew what I needed to do, but it felt the most impossible. The last thing I wanted to do was be still and #meditate. I was only planning to do 3 minutes, and still I procrastinated. I think it's funny how sometimes we put off the very things that will help us. Really these things will make our lives better in the long run, but still we put them off.

When I finally stopped putting it off, I set my timer, I put on ambient music, I scratched my nose, and fidgeted with my hair and posture. Once that was done, I closed my eyes. I started turning my attention inward. I noticed how many thoughts I was thinking, I got caught up in them. I reminded myself to #breathe. Watch. Come back. Breathe. In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. Soft smile. Relaxed shoulders. In. Out. Oh YEAH. You are love. I am love. I am loved. I have everything I need. I am everything I need to be. I have the power to choose what has power over me. OH YEAH. I forgot. I forgot to slow down and breath. Okay. Okay. In. Out. In. Out. In. Outttt. Timer. Don't forget.

#roottorise #stayhumble #makethings #practiceyoga #dontforget #yourpower

Love,

Kari