Stirring the Waters. Janell Moon

      1. Write on what the authority figures of your childhood had to say about making lots of money, about spirituality and religion, about taking it easy between tasks. Write on whatever makes you feel different from the group and determine how that affects the way you feel about yourself. You may not believe in these values even if you have deeply internalized them. Make yourself current by writing. It’s important to know what you now value and what that does to your self-image if judged by the new valuing.

      2. Use streaming to write out how you deal with people who have values different from yours. Give the details. Reveal a secret. How can you move toward the unknown?

      3. Choose an image that repels you and write about it. How can this be related to your shadow life? Your spirit life? How does this tie into accepting differences in yourself and others. Use the technique of gazing into the waters and then do streaming.

      Day 5: Life as It Is

      I am sometimes asked if accepting one’s life makes us too passive. The message of acceptance can remind some people of the religious message to serve the church and accept our humble lot.

      I think acceptance is more active than that. Accepting your life gives you a sense of peace in what you have been able to create for yourself and what you’ve been given. Why not see the good in all that surrounds you and accept the difficulties for the lessons and wisdom they bring? This acceptance will make your days more serene. Why not give any change you want a time to mature and accept this day?