{"id":1399,"date":"2014-05-21T18:13:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T18:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2014-05-21T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T18:25:47","slug":"are-you-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/are-you-awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you awake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you awake?\u00a0 No, I don’t mean the kind of awake after you have had your 5th cup of\u00a0 morning coffee, I mean the kind of awake that allows you to be fully aware of your life, it’s beauty, it’s direction and it’s purpose…YOUR PURPOSE.\u00a0 This was one of those questions that rocked my world when I was in college.\u00a0 It was a question that was asked of me when it appeared that my life was just one big hectic ball of stress (because it was).\u00a0 My answer at the time?\u00a0 “Of course I am awake,\u00a0 I am busy! I am doing things with my life! I am happy!” But was I really?\u00a0 Or was I just filling up space to avoid myself entirely?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time, I was going to school, working 3 jobs,\u00a0 a college athlete….I thought being awake meant filling every second of every day with something.\u00a0 I was ambitious! I couldn’t sit around and do nothing…I had goals!\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When we fill our days to the maximum we miss out on something incredibly important, our thoughts and our true<\/strong> selves.\u00a0 As much we think our sports, hobbies, careers and family roles define us, they do not.\u00a0 Think about it…are you the same person as a parent as you are out with your friends? How about at work?\u00a0 Are you 100% yourself at work?\u00a0 What about in front of a stranger? You might not be incredibly<\/em> different at each of these, but most people “tweak” their personality for each of situation, which is normal and appropriate.<\/p>\n

These are all simply hats that we wear, they are not the true souls that are deep within us, they only scratch the surface.\u00a0<\/strong> Sadly, most of us do not even know our true selves very well because we are too busy keeping up with these roles that consume us.\u00a0 But if we spend time with ourselves, listen to our thoughts, become aware of our feelings…we become better parents, employees, friends, athletes, etc.\u00a0 We become better at LIFE.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever had one of those moments where life is going by so fast and you have an unexpected quiet moment to yourself?\u00a0 What happens during that moment?\u00a0 Do you have a total breakdown?\u00a0 That is a true sign that you have ignored yourself.\u00a0 Are you REALLY doing what YOU want for your life?\u00a0 Are you in the right relationship?\u00a0 The right career?\u00a0 Don’t answer that right away, simply give yourself some silence to think about it.\u00a0 The more aware and awake you are with yourself the more clarity you will have, guaranteed.\u00a0 And the less you will stray away from your path.<\/p>\n

So often in life we are searching for answers, and the answers are within us the entire time.\u00a0 We just don’t think to look for them there.\u00a0 We are sprinting as soon as the alarm goes off until we plop down exhausted in bed, of course we have no idea where our life is at, we don’t have time to think about it!\u00a0 Take time.\u00a0 Say NO to some things.\u00a0 Take a 15 minute walk in the middle of your day by yourself…or my favorite just find a spot and sit.\u00a0 Try to sit in silence and see what pops in your head, you will be amazed at what is hiding in that beautiful heart and soul of yours.<\/p>\n

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I am guilty as they come for this, it is something I have to fight every day.\u00a0 I am known for filling my calendar, overloading myself with work and school, you name it.\u00a0 But thankfully, I have come to a point now that I know exactly when I am overdue for some “awake time”.\u00a0 It is when I start to feel restless, anxious and moody that I know I need to go to my thinking spot and ask my self some check in questions.\u00a0 Am I happy here? Am I still on the right path? What is upsetting me? Do I have the power to change it?\u00a0\u00a0 If I am patient enough in my silence, the answers always come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stay blessed in the mess, friends \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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So often<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you awake?\u00a0 No, I don’t mean the kind of awake after you have had your 5th cup of\u00a0 morning coffee, I mean the kind of awake that allows you to be fully aware of your life, it’s beauty, it’s direction and it’s purpose…YOUR PURPOSE.\u00a0 This was one of those questions that rocked my world when I was in college.\u00a0 It was a question that was asked of me when it appeared that my life was just one big hectic ball of stress (because it was).\u00a0 My answer at the time?\u00a0 “Of course I am awake,\u00a0 I am busy! I am doing things with my life! I am happy!” But was I really?\u00a0 Or was I just filling up space to avoid myself entirely? At the time, I was going to school, working 3 jobs,\u00a0 a college athlete….I thought being awake meant filling every second of every day with something.\u00a0 I was ambitious! I couldn’t sit around and do nothing…I had goals!\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 When we fill our days to the maximum we miss out on something incredibly important, our thoughts and our true selves.\u00a0 As much we think our sports, hobbies, careers and family roles define us, they do not.\u00a0 Think about it…are you the same person as a parent as you are out with your friends? How about at work?\u00a0 Are you 100% yourself at work?\u00a0 What about in front of a stranger? You might not be incredibly different at each of these, but most people “tweak” their personality for each of situation, which is normal and appropriate. These are all simply hats that we wear, they are not the true souls that are deep within us, they only scratch the surface.\u00a0 Sadly, most of us do not even know our true selves very well because we are too busy keeping up with these roles that consume us.\u00a0 But if we spend time with ourselves, listen to our thoughts, become aware of our feelings…we become better parents, employees, friends, athletes, etc.\u00a0 We become better at LIFE. Have you ever had one of those moments where life is going by so fast and you have an unexpected quiet moment to yourself?\u00a0 What happens during that moment?\u00a0 Do you have a total breakdown?\u00a0 That is a true sign that you have ignored yourself.\u00a0 Are you REALLY doing what YOU want for your life?\u00a0 Are you in the right relationship?\u00a0 The right career?\u00a0 Don’t answer that right away, simply give yourself some silence to think about it.\u00a0 The more aware and awake you are with yourself the more clarity you will have, guaranteed.\u00a0 And the less you will stray away from your path. So often in life we are searching for answers, and the answers are within us the entire time.\u00a0 We just don’t think to look for them there.\u00a0 We are sprinting as soon as the alarm goes off until we plop down exhausted in bed, of course we have no idea where our life is at, we don’t have time to think about it!\u00a0 Take time.\u00a0 Say NO to some things.\u00a0 Take a 15 minute walk in the middle of your day by yourself…or my favorite just find a spot and sit.\u00a0 Try to sit in silence and see what pops in your head, you will be amazed at what is hiding in that beautiful heart and soul of yours. I am guilty as they come for this, it is something I have to fight every day.\u00a0 I am known for filling my calendar, overloading myself with work and school, you name it.\u00a0 But thankfully, I have come to a point now that I know exactly when I am overdue for some “awake time”.\u00a0 It is when I start to feel restless, anxious and moody that I know I need to go to my thinking spot and ask my self some check in questions.\u00a0 Am I happy here? Am I still on the right path? What is upsetting me? Do I have the power to change it?\u00a0\u00a0 If I am patient enough in my silence, the answers always come.   Stay blessed in the mess, friends \ud83d\ude42       So often<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}