Hello October

Here it is a new month. October 1st was not one of my best days...so I took a very long walk around where I live and a lot of what could be called dross came up.
I did check in with myself in the morning as I have described on this blog. My predominate state was frustration. What did I do? I let it be, accepting the feelings, exploring why but not wallowing. This blog is not a personal diary for the world to read, however, I will sometimes post things that impact my empathic nature. There are real reasons for my frustration which I will not go in to here.

What I did, besides the walk, was to read something humorous, (with a serious undertone), take care of some business, and turn off the morning T.V. The news, especially, is not an uplifting experience, even for an empath who is much more skilled than I used to be. Doing some light chores is also very helpful and grounds me. I will have to make note of posting in the near future about grounding....it's BIG. Putting on music is very healing. The most important thing I did not do was to try and chase away my frustration or stuff it. I'm still frustrated today.

I will revive my practice of daily gratitudes, even writing them down in the evening. That helps a lot by opening the doors to more. It is only when one is truly grateful for an experience that one can release it and it's emotional charge. Then there are just things like, the cool morning air of the fall season in Kentucky, the leaves beginning to change. There is no doubt that the Fall is my favorite season! There is also the, suprising, joy that I have come to know from regularly posting on this blog.