Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Fighting Back Days

I may not have mentioned a great friend of mine named Emily who lived to be 95 and had a great spirit of life that I miss seeing in person. She's still with me in my heart, of course, and I want to dedicate this blog to her. She had the expression "fighting back days" for when life is frustrating and when it feels like it is fighting you back and I have always loved that expression. You would use it when everything in a day goes against what you had planned for that day. Like you get up and you can't get your hair to look right, your toothbrush breaks, you have a fight with your husband, you get frustrated with yourself, the car won't start, and this is all before 9 am. This would be a fighting back kind of day.

It seems like life is fighting back a little for a lot of people right now, and I thought I would take a moment to talk about why life would fight us back. It's not to torture us or to make us feel bad about ourselves or about life. Fighting back days are there to remind us to take a moment and breath. This life right now, with all of the planetary changes and shifts that are happening, requires quite a bit focus on grounding and setting clear intentions. If we don't give ourselves time to be present in the day, to consciously ground our divinity in our bodies, we can easily get overwhelmed and feel like life is fighting us back.

How, you might ask, when you are frustrated and irritated can you possibly ground yourself and set clear intentions? All you want to do is scream! Well, first definitely scream- warn those around you, of course. After you scream and let out some of your frustration, ask for divine support to fill you with light and help you to heal your imbalances. "Dear God, help," is a good simple prayer when you are in the midst of a fighting back day. (God knows you can't get beyond a simple thought when you encounter a day like that.) Once you let go of the energy inside of you that feels like it is about to explode, then you can either get on with your day if you're busy, or you can sit and look deeper into what is going on with you. What feels imbalanced? What needs to heal? If you can't find any answers, don't worry. You will along the way. Maybe this day just needs to be filled with whatever is easiest so you can reset the fighting back energy and get back to the flow.

Good luck to you all! Lots of love, Liz