Introduction
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.”― Thomas Merton
In our world, crammed with information and activity, you may feel the need for some respite. I created the Daily Balm messages to flow soothing energy and kindness into your daily round and they are now in a monthly collection, and this one is from January 2022.
With much love from our home to yours.
Jane
1 January 2022 – A Fresh Year
Happy New Year.
With loving wishes
For 2022.
From our home to yours.
2 January 2022 – Possibilities
A fresh year
Full of possibilities.
Fresh choices
All for you.
3 January 2022 – Straining On Your Leash
Full of energy.
Alert to the opportunities
A new year holds.
Go get 'em...
4 January 2022 – Drops of Love
May drops of love be felt
Throughout your day.
5 January 2022 – Time
Time has a wonderful way
Of showing us what matters...
6 January 2022 – Silence
There are deep roots to be found
In silence.
7 January 2022 – A New Day
If a new day dawns,
On the broken pieces of yesterday...
You are wounded at the start.
8 January 2022 – Floating
It is kindness
And hopes
And dreams
That flow graces
To keep us afloat.
9 January 2022 – Comfort
Take time today
To flow yourself
Comfort.
10 January 2022 – Pottering
May your home be a castle in your heart...
Where you potter around your plot
In peace.
11 January 2022 – Innocence
The essence of innocence
Can be found amidst trees.
12 January 2022 – Disturbing the Waters
We are so afraid of change
That we hesitate to disturb the waters.
Yet we forget the pool of life
Holds us.
13 January 2022 – A Delicate Touch
Sometimes to gain a loving outcome
Action needs a delicate touch.
14 January 2022 – Softness
Pink is soft
An energy that flows compassion and love.
We all need that right now...
15 January 2022 – A Showman’s Engine
They speak of a bygone era
And were the workhorses of their time.
Now they are decorated.
What do you celebrate from the past?
16 January 2022 – Reflections
You are perfect
Just as you are.
Flowing with life's stream.
17 January 2022 – Message in a Bottle
Your inner self holds messages
Just for you.
Looking within
Open the bottle.
It is not about pressure
Nor littered with 'Should'
Simply a message of love
Already understood.
18 January 2022 – Hidden from View
Sometimes your next step
Is hidden from view.
You know it is there though.
Waiting for the moment
When you are ready to step forward.
19 January 2022 – Washed Clean
Nature washes clean
With rain.
Gifting a fresh path.
A storm in your life
Gifts are the same.
20 January 2022 – Falling Behind
If you feel you are falling behind
Pause awhile to take a rest.
This is not a race
And if you need to take a breath
Then that is for your best.
21 January 2022 – Dreams and Wishes
Hold them in your heart
Your dreams and wishes...
There will come a time
For you to make a start.
22 January 2022 – Life’s Lemons
Life's lemons
Can make the sweetest drink.
23 January 2022 – Connected
Even in the harshest of times
We are all connected.
24 January 2022 – Creativity
Baking and creativity
Flows nurture and love.
All rolled into one.
25 January 2022 – A Wealth of Stories
What wealth within
All your stories yet untold.
26 January 2022 – Cliff Leaping
You won't always have a parachute
When you leap off a cliff.
Sometimes life will push you.
You have the gifts to craft one
As you fly.
27 January 2022 – Hurly Burly
Life can get hectic sometimes.
You don't have to push so hard
Or catch a ride in the fast car.
28 January 2022 – Sending Love
If you send love out
In thought, word, and deed
Just imagine what that loving energy will create.
29 January 2022 – Life’s Foundation
You flow with life
And there is a foundation there
The whole time.
30 January 2022 – Resting
The cosy spot
Where you can rest awhile.
Time to just be.
31 January 2022 – Our Thoughts
Our thoughts can become a jumble.
A fast slide down to a place of discomfort.
An unreal situation.
It is just our thoughts
After all.
© Copyright Jane Sturgeon 2021
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