Welcome to Smiley Blue! In this week's newsletter, we'll explore the people and elements in your life that empower you to reach your full potential, and those that may just be holding you back.
The Power and Value of Your Sacred Boundaries
Just as doors, gates and fences protect our homes, personal boundaries safeguard our inner wellbeing. While gates can open to welcome in goodness, they must also close to protect against harm. Many often confuse kindness with constant availability, believing that being "good" means saying yes to everyone. This pattern can leave us feeling drained, resentful and vulnerable.
Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Divine Wisdom in Boundaries
Think about wisdom in sacred, holy spaces, even the Kingdom of Heaven has gates. The divine example teaches us that boundaries aren't walls to love, yet they serve as the guardians of our higher purpose. Like a home needs protection from intruders, your spirit needs protection from the external influences that drain your energy sources.
Honour Your Divine Design
You were created with divine intention. To honour this sacred truth, try this transformative exercise:
Step 1: Identify Your Energy Drains
- Draining relationships
- Mindless habits (excessive scrolling, unhealthy media consumption)
- People-pleasing behaviours, wanting to be liked by everyone
- Substances or choices that later exhaust you
- Activities and people that pull you from your inner wisdom and true path
Step 2: Recognise Energy Resources
- Nurturing, healthy relationships
- Soul-nourishment practices (meditation, prayer, nature walks)
- Creative expression
- Physical exercise that energises and strengthens
- Acts of service aligning with your values
- Simple light-hearted fun that uplifts you
- Reading or listening to audiobooks
- Music
- Travel
Take Empowered Action
Now, consciously consider ways of redirecting your energy from what drains to what empowers you. Spirituality recognises both your purpose and your joy. For many, their life's greatest challenge is staying true to oneself, but always remember if you don't claim your power, other external influences will always move in to claim that space and overpower you.
Always trust your inner guidance, deeper knowing and wisdom. Release all fear of disappointing those leading you away from your authentic path by projecting their values onto you. Boundaries are not walls, they are much more like welcoming gates that protect your choices and form the very foundation of your authentic self.
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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