And so we're standing by to say farewell to August…and so it goes.
When I reach this point in the year, time tends to get very skewed for me: some moments speed up, some moments stall and still others can feel like they're interminable. You know those moments: tangled, full of challenges, upsetting and seeming hopeless. Those are the moments I want to consider.
The feeling of 'forever' runs the gamut, doesn't it? On one end of the spectrum we have that delicious sense of bliss, not wanting it to end, while on the other end of the spectrum, we're counting the minutes until it does. Tricky stuff, yes?
So what if there could be a way to navigate the unsettling part of forever? a way that lets us move forward beyond those seemingly endless moments of slog?
Here are two mantras that I've crafted over the the past several
months that I call on regularly. They soften the rough edges, keep momentum going and remind me that nothing lasts 'forever'.
The first one is "This is just for now not forever." The very words conjure the only constant there is—change. It's a reminder that whatever I'm going
through, it's not permanent. I won't be slogging for an eternity.
The other one, which supports the same practice from a different angle is "Not like this forever". It's a nudge for me in those moments where I'm bored, just going through the motions, fulfilling obligations
that no longer serve me.
Either way, forever takes on a different meaning and drawing on these mantras eases the moments, resets my intentions and more often than not, speeds up the process.
What is your experience with the concept of "Forever" (2:32)?
