Sunshine Meditation
Turning doubt into possibility with some time in nature
This morning I woke up with a feeling of doubt. I have been working on a new project for a few days now. I have been creating lots of new things and learning a lot along the way. I have been very focused on this project for a few days. Yesterday was a day that I worked very hard on this project. I created lots of materials and I have been doing a lot of marketing for it. Lots of people have said it looks to be great and I truly appreciate their positivity. However, this morning I had doubt, not sure if it would be well received, not sure if many people would sign up, so many unknowns.
I think this often happens when we do something new, when we do something out of our comfort zone. We are pushing ourselves so our brain expects immediate results. This will be such a hit! Everyone will love this! Then, if the immediate results don’t come, the next place our brain comes to is doubt, fear, disappointment. Why do we go there so quickly? It’s like we were on a beautiful island, then we decide to go back to a lava-filled volcano called doubt.
This morning I tried to shake the doubt by talking myself out of it. That wasn’t working so well. Then, I tried working my way through it. I did my marketing tasks for the day, worked my way through my task list, now I was feeling a little better. Even though I didn’t feel super excited, I was doing the work anyway. It was important for me to not lose momentum on this project. Maybe it will only impact one person, but that one person is as important as a larger group. As I worked away, I felt the doubt lift a little more. It’s like a fog was all around me in the early morning, trying to talk me out of moving forward, a fog called “doubt.”
After lunch, I decided I was done with the project for the day. I believe it’s best to work on creative projects for my business up until lunch time, then enjoy a break, do some work in the garden, then do some writing and take care of household chores. In this way I am giving my brain a rest and letting the universe work its magic too. In order for things to work, we have to give them space to realize, to become. If we are constantly doubting, re-working them and focusing on them too much, there is no room for the magic to happen.
As I worked in the garden this afternoon the doubt evaporated and the joy came back in! That’s what I love about taking breaks and working on other things in the afternoon. It is always magical. It always works. It gets you to step into more of a possibility realm. If I would have stayed working too long, the doubt fog could have crept back in.
I call my outdoor time my “sunshine meditation.” Out there I can feel the warmth of the sunshine as I work to pull weeds out of the lawn and the garden beds. It is a quiet, contemplative activity that takes me to another place. A place where all possibility exists, a place to wonder, a place to dream, a place to ponder. As the sun came out this afternoon the possibility space opened up. I saw tiny little blue flowers in the grass. I saw a big pink flower open up. I saw birds and squirrels enjoying the seeds and nuts we put out for them. I saw our wildflower seedlings growing strong.
The possibility field grew! It grew so that I could see there is possibility in everything that we do. We do not know the outcome. If we do everything from a place of possibility instead of doubt (even if we have to work through the doubt like I did this morning) then we are able to create without attachment. We can create so that we can help one person or many people, the outcome is just as beautiful.
In sunshine meditation my realm opens up so much more. I slow down to let possibility in. I slow down to see the light. I slow down to see the beauty everywhere. I slow down so that I can be a light to anyone that my creative projects touch. It may be one person, it may be many, it’s all in the realm of possibility!
How have you turned doubt into possibility?
With lots of love and light,
Trista
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