I was sent this excercise a while back and have found it so helpful. It took me a day to finish this due to a lot of thinking, pondering, and realizations. But it was well worth it so give it a try!
Winter Solstice -The time when darkness or night is the longest. In that deep expanse of night, it is time to reflect on your life. To review the previous year - or your whole life as I have been doing.
It is time to savor the good, mourn the loss of things that have passed, and let go of deep held memories, fears, beliefs, judgments, and expectations of how your life is, how you are, even what is possible.
Winter Solstice Exercise of Inner Reflection
Get out a piece of paper or your journal and reflect with me right now. The more time you spend with this, the more you will gain from the exercise. Don't put it off. This moment may not come again.
Close your eyes and ask God, your Higher Self, and/or your Guides to assist you in understanding and gaining the most from this time of inner reflection.
What are you right now? Who have you become?
What are your gifts?
What are your strengths?
What are your passions?
What brings you joy?
What brings you sorrow? Why?
What continues to elude you?
What continues to cause you distress?
Who are your friends? Have you told them how much you appreciate them?
Who are your enemies? Are they real or imagined? Do you actually have any at all? Could they simply be people showing you the shadow side of yourself or the things you judge? Give thanks for what you are gaining by having them in your life.
What is your greatest accomplishment or triumph this year? This life? What are the strengths you exhibited in order to accomplish it? Have you given thanks?
What was your biggest failure this year? This life? Was it really a failure? Or was it your soul's way of setting you onto another path? Can you forgive yourself and the circumstances surrounding this so called failure? Can you see the beauty in what you have learned from having this experience? Can you see the strengths and insights you have gained? Can you actually give thanks about this?
What are you most proud of this year? This life?
What are you most ashamed of this year? This life? Can you forgive yourself about this?
What is your deepest regret this year? This life? Why do you find it so upsetting?
Who are the people that you are ready to let go of? Are there people that make you feel less than, unworthy, guilty, sad, angry, or something else you would rather not feel? Express gratitude for having them in your life and then be prepared to let them go.
What are the situations that you are ready to let go of? Are there circumstances from this past year, or even further back, that you hold onto that are no longer serving you? Can you let them go.
What was your happiest moment this year? This life? Remember it in full technicolor. See it. Feel it. Hear it. Remember it as best you can and anchor it into who you are now. Savor the happy moments. Remember them. Feel them once again.
Feeling happy and at peace will assist you in experiencing many more happy moments in life.
Savor the good. Let go of the rest.
Namaste
Sherry
Namaste
Sherry
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