Last week, we shared on Listening and Love. Before that, we shared on the The Paths of Love. Throughout September, we have been taking an eye to love and self care.
We shared on Love and Grace, and The Long, Cool Road … and through the broadCAST September 2019.
We recommend all the reads and reflection, and we continue the deeper dive now, finishing off on that theme for this month.
Jenny says…
First, please read Listening and Love… and our other posts if you would, for context. That being said, 
my final thought for the day, is listen!
Listen to your body. Hear it, just as if someone is speaking to you. Get comfortable with your cues. When you are drained, you will be informed by the body that carries you. A few weeks back, upon returning home on the road, my body told me to pull over on the side of the road and take a power nap while driving across the island. I did just that.
I heard it loud and clear.
We need to be more accommodating of ourselves. We are so quick to do for others, but how do we manage to do that if we aren’t recharged. So, if you are doing the best you can with what you know, I get it. I am too.
Let us learn together. Let’s challenge our minds to be more aware of our body cues. And let’s love our bodies enough to nurture its basic needs.
Now go do you!!!!
Barry says…
True dat, Jenny. I need to heed that, and will!
My only add is that “do unto others” thing. I am not so sure that we often adhere to this guidance. Do unto others as you would have done unto you is guidance in every faith, and none. I think there is a balance. More importantly, the guidance implies that we do both. I think loving ourselves and the world is a form of loving ourselves, if we but be clear and strategic in how we best love others and the world.
Yesterday, I posted this in response to the most recent address by Greta Thunberg. I humbly think it worth a read, and reflect. To follow on it, I suggest the best way to love ourselves is to take care of ourselves and listen to our bodies as Jenny suggests, and to figure out how and where and with whom we can be of best service in the world. Read this follow up post on motivation, meaning and me. Decide how you will best serve the world. In so doing you will feel fulfilled, and fulfillment is love for oneself.
TOGETHER
So, there are some thoughts on the IN and OUT of Love. Loving inward and outward is a complementary and necessary journey. And with that… and as noted before… together, we continue to be committed to living a joyful life and work. Best friends do that. Together, and into October and beyond, we will continue to explore our own perspectives on love and character and how they can build a life of work, play and service that is right for each and all of us. Join us, stay tuned and engage us. Our lives matter.
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Benny and Jarry
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Jenny Dearing speaks to love in action. She brings talent, experience and learning around love, 
trauma and care. With a passion for Child and Youth Care and Addictions, and a background in same, she connects, and memorably so. Her work spans children and youth care with addictions, personal and senior care, respite work, and business leadership; delivering on all. Jenny is a Certified Virtues Project™ Facilitator, with professional training in child and youth care with addictions support and home support services. With certification in ASIST Suicide First Aid, Autism Awareness and Understanding, Trauma Information Care and Child and Youth Care Practice, Jenny brings it, with zeal. On top of all that, she loves singing, and is an accomplished multi-media artist … and brings both to her work. Artistry is a path to love and healing. Jenny knows it. She believes in it. She drives it.
Barry Lewis Green moves the needle on character leadership and unity building with joyful ferocity and thoughtful zeal. Barry helps leaders forge strong, united cultures at school, work, business and community. Joe Calloway says, “I had the distinct pleasure of being in an audience in Montreal with Barry Lewis Green on the stage. Quite simply, Barry absolutely captivated us with his talent, his message, and his heart. The feeling of unity that Barry created in the room that day was extraordinary.” With 39 years in education and leadership training and development … and work in the private, public and community sectors across Canada… and as a speaker, educator, master facilitator, coach, writer, singer, dancer, and cartoonist, Barry stokes the fire on together strong.