Overwhelm? Drowning in a Sea of To-Do's?

Overwhelm? Drowning in a Sea of To-Do’s?

Is it just me or is this time of year overwhelming, to say the least?

It’s graduation time, from Kindergarteners to Ph.D.’s… and end-of-school programs… and parties… and making arrangements for the young ones during the summer… and…

This past 2 years I’ve spent living in the midst of my family – my father and sisters and all their tribes – has taught me some valuable lessons about trust and patience, especially in my business. It has taught me to turn to patience, reliance and trust in ways I hadn’t needed them before.

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And next weekend we are celebrating my sister’s 75th birthday! Family will start arriving tomorrow to stay for the week – gotta clean the house and wash the sheets and get the groceries. And my niece’s baby is due next weekend – same day as the party. At the very least we’ll have their 4 young ones for the weekend. I love these times, and I’m grateful to be living with family again.

And every day my dad has a project or a doctor appointment. There’s always something to do, and this too is something I love. At 96 years old, I don’t want to bring a moment of disappointment to his days.

And then there’s work. For me, it’s work I love, but it sure gets squeezed at times. The time I love to spend with it gets compressed between all the demands and obligations of family. And it seems projects take a lot longer to complete – like the workbook that REALLY IS almost done now!

This time of overwhelm has taught me to turn to patience, reliance and trust in ways I hadn’t needed them before. And the outcomes have been revealing – my business has gotten into a rhythm that is actually healthier than before. I’m not producing as much, but it is more consumable. And the income level has stayed consistent even though I’m not working near the number of hours I worked before.

One of the Divine Attributes that helps in these times is the Name of As-Sabur, The Patience, The Perseverance.

“In Sabur [Perseverance], we enclose the knowing and illumination we have received within us so that it can grow brighter.”

~ Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Sufi Book of Life

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In today’s Prayer & Healing Circle, we’ll come together with all of life’s demands and overwhelm and call upon the Divine Name of As-Sabur for help. We’ll invoke the sound code to receive the energies of Patience and Trust into our hearts, bodies, cells and our minds.

You’re invited to join us. As always, you are welcome to bring your prayers for personal struggles, challenges of and with those you care about, for peace, for fulfillment, and for the health and sustainability of our planet.

Bring whatever is on your heart. Come as you are, receive, heal and grow. Please invite your friends to join us, too.

In the future, if you’d like to join us live, there is time for Q&A and sharing at the end of the call – off the recording.

Hope to see you there next time…