Were YOU ever grounded?
Does that question ring a bell with any of the rest of you? When I was growing up, getting grounded meant that I wasn’t allowed to do the things that I valued most at the time.
It means something different to me at this stage of my life!
These days I often feel called to ground myself when I feel like I need to take a break from the busyness of life and to reconnect with myself.
Getting grounded now is a good thing for me. Maybe for you too?
Getting grounded for me now means coming back to the thoughts and activities that more fully allow me to be:
- centered,
- calm, and
- connected.
And looking back, I realize that when I was growing up, getting grounded forced me to simply be with myself, to think about why I was in trouble and to, hopefully, learn something from that time.
These days I ground myself, not as a form of punishment, but as an opportunity to shift what I may be thinking or doing. It is powerful to free myself from the ways I may have disconnected from that sense of inner peace that I desire and from the wisdom that resides within each of us.
And I can’t help but enjoy the earthy message of this season by getting out in nature. It is a good time to plant those seeds in the ground that I wish to harvest and then just allow them to grow.
When I (or you!) are feeling pressure to stay busy, are stressed or distracted, we could just say to ourselves, “I can’t. I’m grounded.”
And then we could plant some seeds of peace…go for a walk or spend time with family or just breathe or…
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I don’t recall ever being grounded.
My childhood was different from those of my peers. Punishments must have been very rare in my family.