It’s Warrior Wednesday so I am here to start a new match with all you readers today. I hope you’re getting into this season of giving and receiving while bringing kindness to all you do. I’m not specifically writing a Christmas post this year but as always~~~ many memories of the past to fondly look upon while creating new ones. This month, however marks 1️⃣0️⃣ years since I began a daily meditation practice. 🧘♀️ Oh my goodness, double digits now on that. I have shared my beginnings on how that evolved in an interesting way but so grateful to still integrate it every day. Warrior did meditate also years ago…
Great way to lead into my title as UW paces down below in that photo before a match. Another word resurfacing in different media for me and integration wouldn’t leave for whatever reason. It’s quite possibly because these words are meant to be discussed on here so this is what I do. Sometimes I only have one idea and then like magic, 🪄 it all tags in. We can connect with ideas started as initiating somehow and then getting it integrated for a consistent practice. It can be anything you start and then after a bit, it becomes part of you. That’s how fitness also began for me as it did for Warrior when in high school.
Sometimes when we initiate something, it might not work out the way we had anticipated. This can be like planning an activity with a friend, (been there) hosting a party, as I am getting frustrated with THAT coming soon for Christmas Eve, 🤦🏻♀️ or even sending a text to someone. The response back may be exactly what we were hoping but then again~~~ it could be the opposite. I’m sure all of you have found yourselves in similar situations. Our reactions do not need to define us and yet somehow, they do at times. We integrate them into our being as it all becomes part of us. If you feel it is a negative feeling you are holding onto, let it go. I just recently heard that song “Let Go” by Firehouse and how fitting for this time of year. Firehouse was a band Warrior listened to often back in his days of being on the road.
Let’s bring another aspect into the ring. UW initiated so much with his character and then put it all into action by integrating spirit, belief, and discipline. Two words in my book 📗title! He used those same aspects in his life as Warrior by embodying what it truly meant to live his destiny. We can all bring our own traits to the mat and then feel them in deeper ways. You have to feel it to heal it as there’s no bypassing the ugly stuff you know. When adults~~~ if we don’t get our way, do we throw ourselves on the floor and plug our ears like a toddler? I surely hope not! We need to deal with situations like grown-ups, while still maintaining our level of integrity and truth. Some do not respect principles or boundaries but us warriors need to stand our ground!!!
You might think I am referencing other states of being here, but that is not the case. By integration, I don’t mean those with split identities and personalities that learn to accept their parts through medication or therapy. Yes, those can be serious mental health issues that need to be addressed but I am meaning other wounded parts of us common to all. Things in our life get started, however or whatever they may be and then within time, they get integrated into wholly being part or within us~~~ never forgotten. They are always still there, possibly buried or hidden but not brought to the surface until ready. You will know when they arrive and if they do, will you be able to be honest about how to best address them? Positives and negatives both.
For me, as loyal readers are aware this has been an ongoing process and one that continues~~~ only in differing ways now. Like I’ve said, acceptance is the victor here because what we resist will persist in some form. We take it all and compartmentalize in our mind where it needs to go. Remember my containers of last week? I didn’t know what to do with all my spiritual learnings, Warrior’s energy, or all these questions constantly coming to light. 😳 No way could there be a container big enough once initiated to then integrate it ALL, could there be? Well, warriors there is and it’s not like another. There are many facets to each one’s journey and we all learn what truly works best for us in time. Warrior had much he wanted to begin as he was always full of ideas ready to be initiated. Some came to fruition, and some did not as that truth resonates for any reading today~~~including me. We integrate a win, loss, new belief, relationships, ups, downs, and in between. All successes and failures.
Our spirit already has that area of our lives figured out but our bodies, minds, and hearts need to catch up with this physical world we live in as humans. It can be difficult trying to see what parts of us will remain, and which will be let go like the song states. “ Take a deep breath, and go with the flow, make it easy on yourself…”Yep, those lyrics fit too. What part of you that began as an initiation of sorts is ready to be fully integrated and what can be set free? We need it all so it won’t just be happy moments, remember. Don’t wallow or spend too long in the negative areas as life needs more joy, so integrate more of that and not just because of the Holidays…
Initiate THEN integrate. Take it all in. See what happens… You might pace a little like UW there, but let go. Your spirit will cover you for the win.
P.S. If I could list an initiation on this spiritual journey with Warrior, it would obviously be 2014 but integration began early 2016. Almost 10 years and still going… ❤️
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