If you feel you don’t fit in to this busy B I G world … can’t meet the B I G expectations … not ‘good enough’ … not dreaming BIG enough … not wanting what everyone else is driving for - consider down sizing. Down size your thinking, doing, I want to ‘be’ ing.
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Keep ‘the inch’ close (print and stick on your wall) … and this trooper … and this one too
What shirt will I wear today? Like sadness and anger, fear is another one of those antisocial emotions society tends to supress and discard so admitting your frightened and accepting fear in your day, your life, can be a challenge – particularly for fellas. See BOy # 4 or a phonebox might help …
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When you make a mistake or get something wrong and you bounce it around and around in your head – sometimes for days. Like … I can’t believe I did that! What an idiot. Bloody hopeless. Stupid …. The challenge is to step out of your own ring - hang up the gloves.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put poor old Humpty back together again – but who needs the King anyway. Let’s make a solitary pact to be kinder to our one and only souls – have a group M-E-N-D . Pass it on to others who might like to join in …
The Sorry Shirts are made from the lines of a poem – the last page of In My Room. It’s about being a whole lot kinder to yourself. This one’s about slowing down and taking more time for YOU. Army of Ink # 40 and 54 and 40 and BOy # 5 are all good helpers for this one. Try cocooning too.
Anyone remember having to write one of those … ’I must not talk in class x 100′ notes in school? This list is an ‘I must STOP’ list – the opposite to a ‘to DO’ list. Give it a go. Try not to think too much, just write away - it’s surprising what pops out. Back tomorrow with another shirt. Pass this on to all the busy people you know …
Hand making ’sorry shirts’ (cards) at the moment and I’ll be sharing them freely in this blog for you to collect and share – along with the personal process of being kinder to yourself. In the meantime, pass this on as a gift to all the wonderful friends you know who give so freely to others but perhaps not enough to themselves – or post the series on your Face Book to get a ‘group mend’ happening. Pop back after the weekend – I’m taking it off as a beginning to taking better care of myself and respecting what the ‘holiday’ is for - see previous post…
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