*Help* - WORD OF THE DAY
Every morning - first thing I ask myself upon waking - What is my word of the day? I enjoy doing this for myself. It's a way to create an anchor in my best living...a slow down and introspect point as I live my day - it's a 'life line' and 'stepping stone' of support to support living.
The word "help" was an interesting word to come up within me. "Help" supported me to further examine my relationship with myself and how I "Help" myself. It's a fascinating point of investigation in and of itself.
The word "help" opened up a point of regard and assistance for myself....where this point of my own self-worth...the relationship with myself....the point of "How can I best help myself out today?". For me - I realized that sometimes it's like I rather focus on 'helping others' as opposed to taking the time to help myself. It's an interesting point because the capacity for me to in fact give and best help others really is an outflow of me doing that first and foremost for myself first.
I've been pretty decent about helping myself - so the word "help" coming up is a point of "refinement" in my best living...because there's been some instances in my day where I've noticed I've had a tedency to "settle for less than my best help"......meaning: I am capable and and able to better help myself...and so....when and as I see such a moment - i spring into action.
Such an action happened:
I was cold. I had come in from outside...and I had chills....I first went to the blanket on the couch....this was a decent first step to help myself. I then recognizined that I could help myself more by taking the time to have a nice hot shower. Initially I had resistance to merely taking the time to do this for myself. I quickly let go of that 'mental block'....and realized that i had an opportunity to better help myself here in body.
The question:
How Can I Best Help Myself?
Am I doing my best to Help myself right now?
Is there something else i could be doing to better help myself right now?
The questions above are what has emerged within myself to better care/help myself in my living - recognizing that the real help lives in the very small - the small moments in which i am able to help out....help myself...and help others....it's this giving in the smallest of moments that correlates with the very big.
"Help" ironically enough is a word that I initially reacted to and didn't really think i needed - like 'help' to me was something i give but don't need to get....because i got it. Ironically what i realized is that 'if i got it to give...and i don't give it to myself...and i got it....well, that's a real shame....' So for me here - there's been a big reminder to myself to really question what it is I got....and what it is I need help with....and within this....first and foremost...to take the time to, as the king.....ASKing myself what it is I need and what is it I want? What do i 'got' to do here?
Clarity in the communication with myself is what increasingly emerged throughout the day with "help". It was a simple point of cross referencing with myself to see my options and to make my best decisions in the moment.
Realizing and Recognizing....Substantiating the realization that I am my own, "greatest help"..and that my living is to give....this really is a point of self-honesty in living the word, "Help"....the how I live my best "Help"...for myself....and so too the world.
Help can be a really easy and simple thing....but sometimes 'help' is difficult and challenging...as there's some things to sort out....like initial resistances to receiving the help. What i realized is that my capacity to receive help is a reflection and presentation of my capacity to help myself. Kind of a fun and funny point of sorts.
Help is difficult when there is a resistance/seperation/conflict about receiving Help. Help is difficult when you want to give more....to help more....do more. Sometimes 'less is more' when it comes to giving/helping another in the best of ways possible.
Stop trying to give - Forgive yourself for real - Live "Help" as an extension of your best pro for giving attitude.
Final Reflection:
Help is to make things easiser by providing services/resources.....lending a hand. It is important to remember to service ourselves first and foremost. How we service ourselves, ultimately determines how we are able to best service all Life here. Sometimes how we best service ourselves is by asking for help!
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Enjoyed reading your reflections on help.
Help can be a slippery beast; I have often found that even when I need help, I more often than not end up helping others, rather than myself. Which can lead to a cycle in which others perceive us as "highly capable," as a result of which we end up being called upon to help, rather than receiving help.
Of course, there is some introspection and soul-searching to be done, to dig deeper into that particular aspect of "help."
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