Zen Rules

1.  Trust where you are. It’s happening this way for a reason.

2. Believe in love.

3. Believe in yourself and what you stand for.

4. Choose kindness. Everyone deserves to be met without judgement.

5. Visualize often. See your dreams come true in your mind and then head in that direction.

6. Give gratitude daily. There is always something in your life to be grateful for.

7. Surround yourself with the things and people you love. Look to them for inspiration often.

8. Learn to let go. If you don’t love it, donate it to someone who will.

9. Give often. What you give comes back.  This is one of the simplest ways to live in abundance.

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How are you? How was your week? What is one amazing thing that happened to you? I’m sure you can name at least one.  And I hope you can name 11 or more!  

Things are going well in my world. We’re still dealing with the sleep situation and the realization that bedtimes still need to be shifted so that my youngest, she’s 2 1/2 can sleep past 4am. While at times I felt tired and impatient, I have had a great week. Because what I’m choosing to focus on is not how tired I am but how much time I get to spend with my children.

I walked home from school drop off with a neighbour friend the other day and she described her morning routine which included spending 5 minutes waking her daughter and then rushing out the door stressed... www.1010zen.com/51

Did anyone else feel a bit overwhelmed this past week with getting kids off to school and lunches and new routines and schedules and dealing with all the emotions your little ones were feeling? My 4 year old cried at least 4 times about school this past week. And that takes a big tole on our hearts, I know it did mine.  And there was even a full moon this past week so that was a combination of excited and nervous energy all over the place.  So I hope that you've been patient with yourself and that you havealso had some time to give yourself some self love. I've been able to keep my morning gym routine for the most part, so I'm grateful for that.  Our days are a little shifted now.  A couple of days I had to wait for my youngest to wake up from her nap and she fell asleep in the car because this is all new for her too. And our times have shifted a bit. But I'm taking time for myself and going easy on myself.  Actually on Reese's first day of school I skipped my workout and just enjoyed the sauna and then a coffee. I was exhausted from the crying as I had to have my daughter pried off my leg and the teacher said "don't look back, just keep going" and I had to walk away from a really sad four year old who didn't want to go to school.

Anyways I'm feeling much more hopeful for this week. It's not new anymore and now it's just about adjusting...