I believe this is a very powerful time. As we each deal in some way or another with the challenges presented to us by the current pandemic and world situation, I think there is a mighty potential for greater clarity, commitment, and action aligned with our deepest values for improving our world.
In keeping with this publication’s mission of supporting your health and happiness, the following questions were put together in hopes of helping to bring your needs, values, strengths, supports, and strongest heart’s desires to the surface, or sharpen the clarity you already have about them, in an actionable way. I invite you to journal on them, perhaps even on just three or four at a time, and also to respond to any additional questions that may come to your mind.
For Essential Workers
– How do you feel about going to work?
– How do you prepare yourself mentally and emotionally for your work time?
– How would you describe the atmosphere where you work?
– How are you contributing, or how could you contribute, to its positive qualities?
– What do you value about the work you do?
– How does your work benefit others directly and indirectly? (Consider at least “three degrees” of others—direct recipients, those they directly impact, and society overall.)
– What has been most challenging for you during COVID restrictions?
– What have you learned about yourself during this time?
– What would you most like the world to learn during this time?
– What desires for yourself and/or society have become clear to you or been reinforced?
– What next baby step might you take to move one of these desires forward?
– What traits, skills, and/or experiences do you have that will help you take this next baby step?
– What, if anything, do you think might hold you back from taking this baby step?
– What are three or more things you could call upon, internally and/or externally, to help you handle these potential obstacles?
– What would the value of achieving the desire you’ve pinpointed be, and how would you feel about that?
– Is it worth it to you to commit to continue taking steps toward this goal? Why or why not?
For Others
– What changes in your day-to-day life have been most significant for you?
– What, if anything, have you found most challenging about these changes?
– What has helped you to handle these challenges?
– What, if anything, have you found most positive about these changes?
– In what ways might you reinforce or expand upon these positives?
– How would you describe the atmosphere in your home?
– How are you contributing, or how could you contribute, to its positive qualities?
– What have you learned about yourself during this time?
– What would you most like the world to learn at this time?
– What, if any, mental, emotional and/or physical changes would you like to bring forward as your “regular” day-to-day life resumes?
– What baby step toward one of these changes could you begin or prepare for now?
– What traits, skills, and/or experiences do you have that will help you take this next baby step?
– What, if anything, do you think might hold you back from taking this action?
– What are three or more things you could call upon, internally and/or externally, to help you handle these potential obstacles?
– What would the value of achieving the desire you’ve pinpointed be, and how would you feel about that?
– Is it worth it to you to commit to continue taking steps toward this goal? Why or why not?
I hope you find your reflection time useful. Please feel free to contact hhupmag@charter.net, or Health & Happiness’s Facebook page to share your experiences.
Excerpted with permission from the Summer 2020 issue of Health & Happiness U.P. Magazine. Copyright 2020, Empowering Lightworks, LLC.
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