Clarity - What I Learned When I Finally Slowed Down

This prompt woke me up immediately, I realized that I've been failing to do something that helped me beyond what I could say when I was consistent with it, having a quiet time to myself. It's not that I stopped having those moments, I still have the early mornings but not intentionally.

Okay, maybe waking up before everyone else does, to have a time with God and plan my day, is intentional. I say this because some mornings, I want to just keep lying on my bed but something pulls me up to go sit and get started with what have been impacting my life way more positively.

When was the last time you reflected? Or took time to meditate?

Before I share the last time I did, I'd love to share the very first time I intentionally decided to reflect before going to sleep. I want to share for the sake of some who may have never bothered to reflect or have a quiet time with themselves and hopefully, they are reading this now. So here it is.

I had an amazing day on the night I decided to reflect, maybe to relive those moments and sleep with more joy in my heart. What happened next shocked me! Thoughts I wasn't prepared for came rushing in, big and small distractions, even a weird video I saw days ago came replaying.

It was unsettling! I felt "not relaxed" as I wanted when I decided to reflect. That moment taught me just how important we guard what goes into our heart by what we see, hear or feel as we live our lives. Of course, some things aren't in our control but there's more in control to focus on.

So since that day, I've been able to reflect more often, have quiet moments with myself and I learned that "Having a quiet time with myself is having a quiet time with God". The world is loud, busy, fast and everything opposite of what having a quiet time entails, I slowly learned to be quiet.

This has helped me in more ways than I can actually put in words right now but one thing is sure, I started to gain clarity over the things I do on autopilot. Believe it or not, most of us are living our lives because that's just how we've been living, no special reason we live that way.

Is it something you hope to continue?

Yes! And I'm not just saying it, I'm adding it to my list of non negotiables because I know just how much my life need those moments especially if I want growth in different aspects of my life. I've started by having a daily morning routine for quiet moments. I'll take it up from there, go slow.