Sunday Stillness- Inner Child

Hiya,

It’s the time again…stillness in your inbox.  

Thank you, to those who shared how asking the three important questions before responding to someone has helped you.  I love hearing from all of you, and how these emails are making it into your day.  - Thank you SO much!

This week was kinda funky with Fourth of July on a Tuesday; kinda threw the week off a bit.  Monday night; felt like a Saturday…and boy did we take advantage of that.  We went Adult roller-skating.  YES!  You read that correctly; we went roller-skating.

Do you remember the last time you roller-skated?  Hit reply and share your favorite roller-skating memory. 

For me?  It had to be at least 35+ years (love the plus sign + helps keep a layer of mystery).  

It was SO fun.  The first hour was a little rough, trying to remember what it was like to be on skates, skates on the carpet, skates on the ramp to the rink and then the rink. 

After about an hour in to the adult skate; the muscle memory they always talk about…well, I didn’t know it lasted 35+ years; but it does!  I was able to cross my feet while skating the corners.  I was so excited and proud of myself,  

Did I fall?  Yes, I fell 1.5 times.  The first time was a chain reaction, a few of us went down at the same time.  The second (1/2) time…was as I was coming out from my fast corner (crossing my skates feeling like a kid again) someone stopped right in front of me.  I was so close to the edge of the rink (where there was a step) and used that step to break my fall; which kept me from falling all the way to the floor.  Thus the 1/2 fall.  lol!

The best thing about our Monday night adventure was getting in touch with my inner child.  I know we hear phases a lot like; don’t take life too seriously, get in touch with your inner child, live like you were dying…and when we hear them we think to ourselves; we should do that.  But how?  

Yes, going roller-skating is an option.  But, the bigger block of getting us there is our ego.  Our ego protects us from such things. It says, you can’t go skating…you haven’t skated for 35+ years, if you fall you will really hurt yourself, you will look silly, you don’t have the same balance you did when you were a kid, you could throw out a hip.  The list goes on.  So, when we listen to our ego (although it sounds like the ego is trying to protect us) it holds us back.  It creates fear.  

The Ego conversation is a long one and maybe we’ll talk about it another time; but what I would like to challenge us on this week and for the rest of the summer.  What things can we do to connect with that inner child?  What did you do as a child that you loved?

Go and do that!  

Travel back to the feeling of being a kid and do it as no one was watching.  

I would love to hear what you decided to do; and how you felt about it…and did you go fully into the experience like no one was watching?

Type soon!

See you in stillness.

Kimberly