The Forest Loves Your Bad Days

A Journey You Won't Regret

You wake up forty minutes after your alarm that didn’t go off (you swore you set it and checked it the night before). You rush around getting ready for work (no time to shower; you’re already late as it is) skip breakfast (you can grab something on the way). Traffic, of course, picks this very day to be its most unforgiving (so much for breakfast).

You get to work, there’s a stack of papers two coffee cups high on your desk and the first dozen are marked urgent (of course they are – how in God’s name can one stack get this big overnight?). You get right to work and when you finally lift your head to take a break, you realize you’ve worked straight through lunch (figures – par for the course for the day). Annnddd … here comes another stack (God get me outta here!)

Sound familiar … I’m sure it does. When days get like this, as I’m sure they will every now and then, instead of getting sucked into the negative aspects of a bad day in life, take your frustrations, resentment, aggravation, stress, fatigue, aches, and pains (and your new complete understanding why people “go postal”) to the forest instead.

The forest loves your bad days! When you walk amongst the trees, they will happily exchange your funky junk energy for some lovely and completely fresh new energy. Not to worry, trees are great recyclers, taking bad energy and sending it to Mother Earth whilst she, in return, springs forth new and vibrant energy for you to absorb.

So next time you want to quit, why not take a trip to the forest instead?

It’s a journey you will not regret taking!

BY Theresa Piper

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Off White Blog
6 years ago

Going through the forest is my favourite part of the walk. My dog Benji loves it too. I’m Grace. I live on a farm with my parents and I take Benji for a walk most days after school. While Benji’s playing, I stop to take a photo of a butterfly. I’m thinking about posting it on Facebook, but then I hear Benji barking. He’s jumping and running around a boy. The poor boy looks worried. ‘Benji, stop! Come here!’ I call and throw him his ball. I’m about to say sorry to the boy, but he’s gone.

Curiosity

Curiosity is our natural ability to look at things with fresh eyes. As we put aside opinions, concepts, projections, and expectations: we become available to experience this moment with the wonder and innocence of a child. 

Being curious brings us into a natural, open, and vast space to explore: “What is this?” “What am I experiencing?” “What am I feeling?”

4. Bring more awareness to what you are feeling. Focus on your felt experience and the qualities of the Inner Resource as you embody it. Resist the habit to analyze. Simply feel your body and emotions. 

5. Be open to your current experience, whatever it is, without judgment. Just ride the wave of the experience.

6. Remember that the quality of your attention and what you are feeling are more important than the content. Notice how your attention changes, waxing and waning, growing stronger, and sometimes getting distracted. No worries, simply bring your awareness back to the moment, take a deep breath, and focus on the Inner Resource.

7. Become familiar with the feelings and sensations of the Inner Resource you have chosen. Feel what is showing up in your physical body and your emotional body. Be curious to discover how this Inner Resource will support you in your life, to be who you really want to be, and feel how you really want to feel. It is through feeling the Inner Resource that you activate the frequency of it. 

Take 5 Deep Breaths

1. Feel your body.

2. Relax your shoulders.

3. Choose a word that makes you feel peaceful, such as om, peace, or love.

4. Inhale slowly while mentally saying the word you chose. Pause before starting the exhalation.

5. Exhale slowly while mentally saying 1 with the first breath. Exhale saying 2 with the second breath, up to 5 or more.

Feel Your Body

Relax your body, and just be aware of how your body feels. Be curious about what is happening in your body. Without changing anything, just notice what you are feeling. Notice where you are feeling things in your body. Make yourself more comfortable if you’d like. Take a deep breath, and feel the sensation of aliveness and the energy of your body.

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