Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very.
Each week I write these Visions of Possibility and Anticipation to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted.
I always get useful information about my relationship with various aspects of the ask. Join in if you like!
Wishes this week…
Trusting the ground.
The situation. And background.
That’s what I’m working on. Trusting the ground.
And trusting that everything else I want is somehow contained within that sentence.
What I want.
To trust the ground. That’s what I want.
To get grounded. To trust trust. To ground the trust and trust the ground.
The qualities inside of the wants:
Trust. Quiet. Steadiness. Readiness. Succinctness. Rest. Reverberation. Grace.
And the superpower of saying no to everything, graciously, with majestic glowing boundaries.
What might help?
- I can have this be my sankalpa, my intention this week.
- Wear this aspiration like a costume. Wear costumes like aspirations.
- Configure my field with it. Using the thing formerly known as [well, the thing that used to have another name and was something else].
- Glow it. Breathe it. Write it. Open my heart to it.
- Ask for it, over and over again.
- Take it to the ground. Yoga in the park and in the garden and on the sweet, sweet floor. Kissing my ankles, loving the ground.
- Walk with it, sing it, hum it, love it, play with it, whisper it to the stars.
- Balance on the stones by the fountain.
- Be a bell and reverberate.
- Interview slightly-wiser me who already knows how to do this.
Anything else?
Ten slow sweet breaths of steadiness. This is me, trusting the ground. This is me, having trouble trusting the ground. This is my heart of love. This is dissolving and radiating, emptying and replenishing, exhaling and inhaling, trusting the ground.
I’m playing with…
Discovering what I already know about trust, ground and all combinations of these.
What I want.
Some of these are secret agent code and some are taking a silent retreat on.
Some are qualities and some are dreams. Some are re-asks and some are pre-wishes: tiny seeds for future processing.
- Sound effects for my internal video game.
- Being at the 9&9, even when it isn’t nine or nine.
- The compass is the key.
- Ready for miracles. Milagrotag, again.
- The anniversary of the hard can become the anniversary of the good.
- This moment is a miracle too.
- I let my time on the floor be the centerpiece of my day.
- Fewer things in my day, enjoying each one of them more.
- There is enough. And there is still enough.
Repeats from last week.
They’re that good!
- Rest into miracles.
- Ahahaha I am an accidental genius! SOLVED.
- Choosing quiet.
- The labyrinth, each day new.
- Perfect simple solutions, suddenly visible!
- Operation Rest Well.
- Respecting the wells.
- What do I need? What do I want?
- Sweet blissful steadiness.
- Things that need to exit now exit gracefully.
- Things that need to come in now are received with love.
The qualities inside of the wants:
Trust. Treasure. Steadiness. Ground. Love. Heart. Miracles. Readiness.
And the superpower of all doors open for me.
Again again again. Seeing the secret holiness of everything.
Ways this could work.
I am a bell of playfulness.
I’m playing with…
Ringing all the bells. Stopping at all the red lights. Calling my own red light when I need one.
Progress report on past Very Personal Ads.
So. Last week..
I got amazing results with Succinctness! AMAZING. Best superpower ever. I feel really, really good about this.
Other things that worked: Sharing. Sharing. I did a lot of sharing. This is not easy for me. I did it anyway, and I am glad I did.
Also I planted “This process is easier than I think it will be” — and it was!
Also the thing about me being an accidental genius. I love being an accidental genius. More of that, please!
Playing. Shelter for the comments.
What’s welcome: Your own wishes, gwishes, visions and personal ads, small or large. Updates on past ones if you like. Things sparked for your own process.
I’m receptive to warm wishes for the things I’m working on and playing with.
We ask for what we need, and we give each other space and spaciousness for the process.
This is a place of safety for creative play and exploration, with a very non-dogmatic approach. We don’t tell each other how to ask for things and we don’t give unsolicited advice. We play.
That’s it. Let’s throw a bunch of things in the pot!
As always, amnesty applies. Leave a wish here any time you want.
xox
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Gwishes & sparkles for everyone’s visions!
Thing 1 – Doneness
This is a half-repeat from last week. It is still what I want.
I want the volunteer project that has been hanging over to be done.
Qualities – Relief. Acceptance.
Superpowers – Focus. Efficiency.
Investigations on this last week showed that this was The Monster SayYes at work. SayYes needs a vacation. or at least a happy room filled with blankets and Shaun the Sheep vids to keep itself occupied.
I got help to figure out the mail merge problem. And it turns out I bought the wrong label-paper for my printer. So at least there are explanations for some of the challenges.
I also learned that music does not help at the work gig, but does help on the volunteer gig.
Ways this could work
-Set up quick dinners, power walk the dogs, and dig in until it’s done. Yes, sometimes that is what I have to do.
-Deposit SayYes at the Monster Cooperative.
Thing 2 from last week was Resolution to the [silent retreat] situation.
There is steady progress there, which is good for now. Still much to work with on this one.
Thing 3 Pause (Paws)
Literally: I want a pause to be able to be with my Paws (my dogs). They give me so much, and I want their companionship, and they deserve my time and to have more fun.
IamHereNow. Force Field – Activate!
Oh, Havi – you *are* reverberating. Quite impressively, for an “accidental” genius.
Some wonderful things reverberating here for me:
– Fewer things in my day, enjoying each one of them more. (Me, too! So good.)
– Respecting the wells. (All the wells!)
– Things that need to exit now exit gracefully. (¡Por un puente de plata!)
– And the superpower of all doors open for me. (I really feel like you sent that one my way. Thank you!)
xo to all.
Trust the ground. Yes. Hello, trust. Hello, ground. I am here.
My vision from last week was so inspiring — and, a bit surprisingly, so much fun — that I’m continuing the experiment this week. I am learning so much!
Progress report:
* I now have a great summer hat! A dear friend sent me a gift card for a new chapeau. (It may even soon be two awesome everyday hats — I’m waiting on an exchange.)
* A gift conceived two Christmases ago is on its way to the recipient
I’m playing with: saying “not yet” to the urgency monsters. They have so much to say! They are so afraid of what other people are(n’t) thinking of me! There has been so much spluttering!
Gwishes:
* shoes for padding around locker rooms, pools, and the like
* ease with upcoming traffic + parking situations
* unblocked drains
Also visualising:
* getting a solid grip on [d]
* drawing lines for [k]
* new boundaries for my flower beds (but not yet)
The qualities I’m cultivating: sovereignty. serenity. assurance. slanted beauty.
Superpower: I am the woman with the cape, whether people know (of) it or not. It both protects and cushions me as I do what needs doing.
What might help? Saying or writing out Modah ani. Diagramming. Talking to my mentor. Moving the paper. Moving the sources. Moving more things around (and out). Remembering that everything can wait.
Warm wishes to all y’all, and the brightness of bells where brightness is wanted.
Havi planted “This process is easier than I think it will be” — and it was!
That’s the superpower I want, for all my VPAs and TTDs, especially Those Ones.
What I want:
Iguana Extermination (again!)
Remembering what it is useful to remember
Using what I know.
Outdoor Refueling Station(s)
More history research
Rewards as reinforcement
Finding all the things
Classes and workshops
I’m calling on these helpers:
The Assistant of Extreme Awesomeness to handle All The Things
Laird’s research assistant
Linda the Office Nurse
The Butlerette
Floella
WB/PAA Person
Some new or former Helper Mice: the landscaper and the computer guy
Thinking about/using:
a different way of thinking about emptying and therefore a different kind of replenishing
taking Fika Breaks
past versions of me who were in a good place
Invoking the superpowers of “It’s easier than I thought” and Quick Recovery.
Sending love to everyone else’s VPAs.
Hi Havi.
I’m not sure why I’m here, or if it will help me, and I know I’m a few days late, but it just feels right to give this thing a go! (Because this is my first time, I’ll explain: Pukkel is my Goblin. I’ve only just met her. Her name is Dutch for ‘pimple’. Also, I’m a public servant, and I can’t help using acronyms ironically sometimes.) Here goes!
…..Background To This Week:
I made a big decision. Well, re-confirmed a big decision I made last year but didn’t do anything about. I’m going to buy a house! (Or a unit!) It’ll involve a huge amount of being grown-up, but it’ll be worth it. If the Husbandy One and I can do this successfully, it’ll eliminate a major source of anxiety and uncertainty in my life.
…..What I Want For This Week:
* Implement Step 1 of the Find My Safe House Action Plan (FMSHAP).
* Negotiate The Situation successfully.
…..Ways I Could Make It Happen:
* apply the Giant Novelty Foam Hand to S&B to get the Nice Helping-Man’s contact details. Use my Unseen Ninja Skills to contact the NHM and apply the Giant Novelty Foam Hand to him as well.
* talk to Pukkel and find out why she sits on my chest and churns my guts up every time I think about the FMSHAP.
* also, get to know Pukkel better. Find out if she has any friends that I need to know about.
* breathe. Break it down into little steps.
…..Other Considerations:
* I’ll need to concentrate on more than one thing at once: the present and the future. That’s going to be hard. Thank goodness I have Robot Girl to help me get through The Situation. I’ll have to make sure I remember my shiny new Safe Room is there to retreat to when things get too tough (and that it’s OK to admit when things are getting too tough!). And make sure ApartmentCat gets some play time in, too. We could do that by enjoying my day out shopping/playing with The Husbandy One and Maman.
…..Superpower I’ll Use:
Start getting used to wearing, not just the Everyday Grown-Up Pants, but the Boss-Level Grown-Up Skirt Suit!
Goodness to you and everyone here!