{"id":182,"date":"2024-10-28T14:43:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T22:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetarotsnest.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T22:43:26","slug":"60-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetarotsnest.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/28\/60-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"60 LESSONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love discovering new things about myself. I am a Scorpio Sun and Rising, so discovery and transformation, particularly from the shadows, comes naturally to me. I like to dive deep, I probe, I push the limits to try to understand people on a soul level and I continually practice this with myself. What this practice does is allows me to renew myself on a regular basis. I have \u201cshed my skin\u201d more times that I can count, growing bolder every year as I transform. The secret to this exercise is allowance. To allow oneself to grow takes sacrifice. One must ultimately let go of something to obtain something else. Sure, we can carry quite a lot at once, but when piling too much into our arms, we will drop something eventually, or often the whole armful, tumbling to the ground. Metaphorically, holding onto too much energy, ideas or behaviors we no longer need will have the same affect. To live in true alignment with the Self requires shedding. Like a snake sheds its skin, once free from its former confines, it cannot slip back into it. The process of shedding, growing, adjusting, maturing, flourishing, and so on, is the process of life. What if we were to be truly mindful of this? Often, my former self included, we are so busy we fail to notice what we are allowing to happen within our own lives and bodies.
In celebration of my 60th birthday this week, I\u2019ve compiled a list of 60 lessons to remind me of how much I have grown. I am proud to be here. I have worked hard for it. And as I share with myself my own wisdom to date, I share it with you, with all my love\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. start small<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. stay still enough to listen to your heartbeat as often as you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. relax your face (there\u2019s so much tension there and I am still working in this one!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. take a walk to work it out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. feel, you cannot discover yourself if you don\u2019t allow feeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. if it feels bad, what have you allowed in<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. remove, it is okay to remove yourself from a situation you don\u2019t wish to be in<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. courage takes practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. courage is facing fear, not the absence of it<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. be your own best friend (this takes practice)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. let them think what they want<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. try again<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. be honest with yourself, for real<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. don\u2019t listen to negative people<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. be kind, but don\u2019t be a doormat<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. be strong, at first its hard but it becomes harder to be weak once you\u2019ve got the hang of it<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. make yourself proud as often as you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. laugh at yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. create Joy, it is created through mindset<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. marvel in the simplest of things<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. marvel in the vastness of things<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. find your center, this can be multiple times, everyday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. learn something new everyday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. realize that all you know is what you\u2019ve learned thus far<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. there’s so much more you don\u2019t know, keep an open mind<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. what you think you know can change tomorrow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. welcome change<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. if you\u2019re fighting to maintain the status quo, your trying too hard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. say yes to yourself more often<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. please, please, please, don\u2019t let other peoples opinions form your opinion of yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. express yourself as creatively and honestly as you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. practice gratitude everyday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. try to stay organized (Im still working on this one too)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. be kind to animals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. smile at at least one person you don\u2019t know every day<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. help how you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. you cannot meet everyone’s expectations so stop trying<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. meet your own expectations as often as you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. take inventory of any negative energy that’s been building up in your body and throw it away<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. open a window to let the fresh air in<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. take a bath before bedtime if you have trouble sleeping<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. try not to feel guilty<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. celebrate the seasons of the year<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. celebrate the seasons of your life<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. always have an animal companion (this one\u2019s just for me, but might be a must for you as well)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. discover your Spirit Animal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. balance your partnerships with others the best you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. never let someone have power over you<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. do not attempt to overpower others<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. let conversions breathe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. listen with all of your senses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. get in touch with your Spirit Guides and Ancestors and foster those relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. never go to bed mad at someone, talk it out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. allow yourself to change<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. be the change you wish to see in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. be free to love, don\u2019t be afraid of getting hurt, it does, but it heals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. apologize if you\u2019ve hurt someones feelings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. don\u2019t waste any more precious time feeling trapped\u2026get out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  59. work on things and give them time, results take time<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  60. people don’t always remember what you said or did, but they do remember how you made them feel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I hope I make you feel empowered, validated, seen and loved,
    XO, Stellaluna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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