06/10/2026
If you encounter this....keep reading!
You have the opportunity to beging your day with happiness and harmony igniting in your soul!
From a wise women, my 1 of 3, my mother. A brief reading that could change your days trajectory:
Open your most-used social-media app. Ask yourself one question about six of the accounts you follow: Does this expand me or shrink me? Not: Is it entertaining? Not: Do I agree with it? But: After I engage with this, do I feel more curious, more grounded, more kind—or do I feel smaller, more anxious, more numb? Unfollow the ones that shrink you. Bookmark the ones that genuinely expand your clarity, kindness, or courage.
Then, go one step further: make space for silence. Not empty time you immediately fill with a podcast or another scroll—actual silence. Five minutes in the morning before you reach for the phone. A walk without earbuds. A meal eaten without a screen. These are acts of reclamation. You are taking back the most valuable thing you have: your undivided attention.
A personal approach to the above advice:
Every morning, I wake and stretch while practicing deep breathing. I imagine that with each exhale, I blow out my fears and anxiety and I inhale peace. Then I pour a cup of coffee and return to a quiet, enclosed, space. There, and I sit in absolute silence. I allow myself to taste, not drink, the coffee. I hear the birds of the season serenading the world outside. I ground myself in mental clarity for the day ahead. I clear the fog that settled overnight from my mind. Then I pray and center myself in graditude. I pray for peace in my soul and the world, for kindness and compassion to fill my heart and the hearts of those around me. I ask for guidance of my thoughts, words and actions.
Over the course of these five precious minutes, I gently assend from my anxiously wound self to a calmer and more clairvoyant state of consciousness. With growing awareness and percolating courage I am strenthened with reassurance that I'm not left alone to conquer the challenges that come my way in this best selling drama, A Day in the Life of a an Adopting Mother of Humans and K9s, a Mother of a special needs child, a Wife to a pharma quality engineer, the Daughter of aging parents, the Daughter-in-Law of geographically distant In-Laws, Sister and Sister-in-Law to two Superwomen, Aunt to four active nieces and nephews, medical provider & UC-ER PA to thousands, aesthtics and wellness PA within a growing community, Volunteer & Humanitarian, & Entrepreneur.
Each of these roles demand responsibility and adulting. More importantly, they require attention, committment, dedication, self discipline, and nurturing. To share my time and my authentic self in a grounded mindset of compassion, I must water and nourish my mind, body, and soul.
By dedicating these brief morning minutes to silence, stretching, deep breathing, prayer and meditation, I reassuringly become rejuvenated and restored by an invigorating state of calm within my soul, peace revitalizing my consciousness, and an abundance of gratitude flowing through my heart.
Without manifesting this energized internal shield of conscious, I wouldn't be able to share my light for life and generosity with those whom I a surrounded by, and care for, in each dawning day. 💕
Shine On!
Amy
