Find Your Middle Ground

Bring it Home

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hands on heart

Put your hands on your heart and say to yourself,

โ€œMay you be happy.

May you be healthy.

May you be safe.

May you be loved.โ€

…. Repeat four times.*

 

So often we give to others and tend to them, and also dismiss kindness towards ourselves.

Its time to build your capacity to bring kindness home.

In times of turmoil and chaos, this is the least that we can do to stay grounded and remind ourselves ย that we are all vulnerable feeling human beings who all want to be happy, to be healthy, to feel safe and to be loved.

Its time to share some love with yourself.

Namaste

 

*Abblett, Mitch. The Self-Compassion Deck: 50 Mindfulness-Based Practices (Kindle Locations 1097-1111). PESI Publishing. Kindle Edition.

30 responses to “Bring it Home”

  1. john flanagan Avatar
    john flanagan

    Yes, Val, yes!

    Much love

    john

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you John. Hugs to you my friend ๐Ÿ’•

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  2. shamanism1 Avatar
    shamanism1

    Beautiful nurturing ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’•

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Ahh… thanks you nurturing one ๐Ÿ’›

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  3. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    Being happy, healthy, safe and loved = perfect!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Nancy. Its a feeling of wholensss that many of us don’t experience. May we bring it home to ourselves, so we can share more with the world ๐Ÿ’›

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  4. ViewPacific Avatar
    ViewPacific

    Thanks for the reminder to include ourselves. That exercise is especially wonderful – for both mindfulness and heartfulness. โค๏ธ

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes it is. Thank you for sharing the loving kindness Vincent ๐Ÿ’•

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  5. Train Today to Reap Tomorrow Avatar
    Train Today to Reap Tomorrow

    Nice self reminder and prayers!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you ๐Ÿ™

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  6. Writer Lori Avatar
    Writer Lori

    Done and done, Val! Just love this, and am going to make it part of my morning ritual. ๐Ÿ˜ Wishing the same for you!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Lori. It means a lot ๐Ÿ’›

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  7. Chatter Master Avatar
    Chatter Master

    I did.

    And thank you ๐Ÿ’œ

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  8. Jennifer Kelland Perry Avatar
    Jennifer Kelland Perry

    Val, I just did it and it really works! Thank you.I feel better already .<3

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yeah๐Ÿ’›

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  9. allysoally Avatar
    allysoally

    Thank you for the reminder, Val! xxx

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Hugs right back at you Ally โฃ๏ธ

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      1. allysoally Avatar
        allysoally

        You too! xoxoxo

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  10. Bela Johnson Avatar
    Bela Johnson

    This is timely astrologically as well! โค๏ธ

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Itโ€™s all connected isnโ€™t it. Aloha Bela ๐Ÿ™

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      1. Bela Johnson Avatar
        Bela Johnson

        It surely is, Val. It surely is. โค

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  11. insearchofitall Avatar
    insearchofitall

    Thank you. Just what I needed today. Beautiful!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So glad Marlene ๐Ÿ’•

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  12. Hariod Brawn Avatar
    Hariod Brawn

    Beautiful Val. Works very well indeed if one begins substituting ‘you’ with ‘I’, then go on to extend it to ‘you’, then to ‘all beings’, then finishing coming back to ‘I’ โ€” all as per the orthodox Buddhist practice of Mettฤ. Thank you Val. H โค

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Simply lovely. Thank you Hariod ๐Ÿ’•

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  13. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    I am happy, I am healthy, I am Safe, and I am loved..
    Thank you Val… you always make me Happy and Peaceful..

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Peace to you and yours โค๏ธ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ

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      1. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
        Sue Dreamwalker

        Thank you Val. โค

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  14. Vicki L Flaherty Avatar
    Vicki L Flaherty

    Thank you, Val. What a lovely gift.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Vicky ๐Ÿ’›

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This blog came to life one morning in 2013.  I woke up with these words in my mind:  “Life is a series of highs and lows. Be grateful for the highs. Be graceful in the lows. And find contentment in your Middle Ground.”

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