Happy Friday 5 – Don’t Sweat the Petty Things

Quote I’m pondering:

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

– Joseph Campbell (from Gratefulness.org daily email. Good stuff, go sign up.)

What I’m contemplating: “Will I live five years or 50?,” an article by Summer McStravick on her insights after overcoming cancer. Here is an excerpt:

But the 5-year plan has decreed that my next five years need to be über rich, like the creamiest, fattiest ice cream. Five years of extra-everything, tucked into the 50, like a spike on a graph. I love that feeling: I get five massively juicy, balanced, stress-free, family-filled years packed with travel, writing, and anything else that feeds my soul. I’ve given myself total permission.

Doesn’t that sound like it should be my 50-year plan too? That’s what makes it so interesting … why does one plan get to be so yummy, and the other so drab? Why did it take cancer to refocus me into allowing myself these pleasures and refusing to be stressed over anything? The 50-year plan pops up as being full of denial, and “just get through it” and “you’ll get it later” type thinking. I love that I can see that contrast so strikingly now.

Time is short, no matter how you slice it. Live it like you mean it.

What I’m meditating to: You can get the free, awesome manifestation video here: Energy AMP-UP Meditation. Check out the 20 minute manifestation guided meditation video on the Thank You page (after you enter your email address) – it’s one of my favs! If you want the weekly free recordings (which are totally awesome), you can sign up for the inexpensive program ($22/month?). Right now I think they are offering them for free for guests, so watch my Meditation page on Facebook for links to the free live calls.

What I’m sleeping with: The solfeggio frequencies. They’re a series of tones that help calm the mind, reset the DNA (so it says), and a whole host of other things. I can tell you one thing for certain – I am much calmer and more relaxed throughout the day when I go to sleep playing one of these in the longer version. I also sleep MUCH better and wake far more refreshed. It’s kind of awesome. So awesome that I’ve started also playing them during the day, as background music. My two favorite YouTube Channels are PowerThoughts Meditation Club and The Meditative Mind.

Who I wish I was sleeping with: I loved this man before, but I love him now more than ever – and now his mother, too. Without further ado, Mike Rowe and a letter from his mother (watch the whole thing – it’s worth the ten minutes):