Affirmations

Meditation Poem – to ease your troubled soul

31 October 2018 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Gentle hugs, dear friend,

If you are feeling low, anxious and your mind on overdrive as you struggle to get to sleep, here is a meditation poem to ease your troubled soul.

Read it before you go to bed.

Allow the words to soften your heart and soothe your cares away.

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When you are ready, take a full soft breath in through your nose, and slowly exhale.

Settle into your bed, make sure you feel cosy and warm and then let’s begin.

Meditation Poem: Follow the Golden Star

Follow the golden star.
The star within your heart.
The star which whispers at night ~
“You are enough.”
Listen to that star as it twinkles within, a warm glow filling the emptiness of your soul.
That’s your star.
Your lucky #9,
Your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
It’s all yours.
Your own shining, sparkling, shimmering piece of the cosmos, whispering gently in your soul
“You are enough.”
“You are worthy.”
“You are held and loved, just the way you are.”
So, next time you feel down, heart pounding out of control, that’s ok.
Just take a soft breath in …1 … 2 … 3 … and as you exhale, 1… 2… 3… smile, whisper to yourself
“Yes. I am enough!”
“I am worthy!”
“I am held and loved, just the way I am.”

17 Positive Affirmations to Help You Love Yourself More

25 July 2018 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Today, I’d like to take a mini detour away from our current Get More Energy series and share with you 17 Positive Affirmations to Help You Love Yourself More

What Are Affirmations?

Affirmations are a great way to encourage you to take a few minutes out of your day to tune in and wish yourself well.

Affirmations are powerful statements which when read, silently or aloud help to reconnect you to your inner being.

Words have power and the energy behind the words, your intention is what, I believe make Affirmations so powerful.

If you are feeling down, and even doubting yourself, the following 17 Positive Affirmations can be said first thing in the morning when you wake up or the last thing at night before you go to bed.

Say them with love, feeling and appreciation.

Morning Prayer Don’t Give Up

7 June 2018 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Gentle hugs dear friend, I am sharing a morning prayer – Don’t Give Up, with you today.

I thought of you this morning when I woke up. I did my meditation, said my morning prayer and picked up an old journal, which for some reason I placed on my bedside table last night.

I opened it, read the prayer, Don’t Give Up, which I wrote that day, 7^th November 2013 and felt moved to copy it and send to you.

As I read the accompanying journal notes, I sat on my bed, did my Morning Pages and recalled the deep hole I was in at that time and how low and disconnected I felt. Searching for answers and a way through the pain I was going through my divorce.

Today, five years later, I’m in a much brighter space.

I wake up full of energy, excited at the possibilities of the day ahead, untold adventures and joy waiting for me, for you, for everyone. [Read more…] about Morning Prayer Don’t Give Up

Write A Love Letter To Yourself And Say Everything You Love About Yourself

3 June 2015 By Ntathu Allen

When was the last time you wrote a love letter?

You know, a love letter to your sweet heart, the person who make your heart sing and eyes sparkle when they walk into the room.

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And, if you received a love letter, how did it make you feel?

Did your insides glow and flutter and the waves of light fill your soul?

Now, imagine, writing a love letter to yourself and say everything you love about yourself.

If you have already written one…congratulations, you are definitely top of the Self-Love Class!

However, if you are like me, and haven’t written a love letter to yourself, read on and discover how I wrote my first selfie-love letter!

As you already know, I love writing and enjoy sending poems to friends, yet it never occurred to me to write a love letter to myself. I don’t know why, it just never occurred to me.

However, whilst filling out my daily entry in The Five Minute Journal, the weekly challenge, was to write a love letter to yourself and say everything you love about yourself.

I must admit, that particular challenge took me by surprise and I chose to ignore the Weekly Challenge and carry on with filling in the rest of my daily challenge.

However, you know what it’s like, the things we ignore are the exact thing we need to address.

What was I ignoring? Why was I so resistant to writing a love letter to myself?

Meditation to the Rescue

As per usual, anytime I feel anxious and not sure what to do, I breathe and turn to my daily meditation practice for counsel.

So, I sat and meditated.

After my practice, I took up my pen wrote the title “write a love letter to yourself and say everything you love about yourself”… and here is what I wrote.

Write A Love Letter To Yourself And Say Everything You Love About Yourself

Dear Ntathu

I love the way you express yourself, the way you care about others and desire to always step out of your way to help others.

I love your smile, the way your eyes crinkle up when you laugh and the way you rock backwards and forwards and clap your hands when something makes you laugh.

I love you more than you will ever know.

Your gentle way of being in the world, creating, spreading warmth and light wherever you go; like a roaring fire on a cold winter’s night.

I love your determination to shed layers of past hurt to rise above the forest and find a tree to hug; the way you inch forward, peak around the bushes and take a friend along their next step.

I love the way you walk, head held high, eyes on the prize and feet gently caressing the Earth.

I love you more and more each day and want to wake up with you by my side; to share our last meal together before you leave this world and keep you safe and warm.

I love you.

Thank you for caring about me and giving me your best.

I love you.
Ntathu

Well, what are you thoughts about my love letter to myself?

I have read it a couple of times and each time I feel proud to love me and hope it inspires you to write a love letter to yourself.

What Next?

Now that I’ve taken the first step and shared my love letter to myself with you, will you do the same?

Will, you sit quietly one day and write yourself a love letter. Serenade and romance your soul and tell yourself how loving and great you are? I really hope you do.
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And when you have done that, I’d love you to send me a copy of your love letter. Who knows, if we get enough love letters I could compile them into a book as part of my kindle publishing empire!

Till, next time, have a beautiful loving day.

I love you

Ntathu

PS. And if you enjoy reading Love Poems, check out my Kindle Book, Love Your Life – 26 Poems That Nurture Your Soul Through Hard Times. You can get your copy of Love Your Life, when you click Love Your Life Book of Poems

Morning Prayer To Jump-Start Your Day

14 April 2015 By Ntathu Allen 1 Comment

Have you ever woken up jaded, tired and exhausted?

Maybe dreading the start of a new day, yet, know there is no way out.

You HAVE to get up, maybe get your children ready for school, face the morning commute and find a way to send that report to your supervisor by 5.00pm.

What Do You Do Next?

When you wake up, tired and achy from lack of sleep, how do you shift your energy and get ready for your day?

What do you do, to shake the gremlins and focus your mind to wake up and snap into gear?

Are you an early morning coffee drinker? A smoothie babe or rush-out-of-the-house-grab-a-coffee-at-the-station type of person!?

Here’s What My Friend Does

One of my close work friends, Flora, has three children whom she home-schools. I take my hat of to Flora and admire her resilience and organisational skills to run her household, take part in numerous community events and home-school her children.

Flora’s Secret Get-Up-And-Go-Weapon

Prayer and meditation.

That’s it. Prayer and meditation. She swears by it.

Every morning, no matter how tired or exhausted my friend feels, she finds a way to fit in at least two minutes of quiet time, where she is able to breathe and tell herself, I’ll easily get through the day! And believe it or, whenever we catch up over the phone, she does. We laugh and joke and share our ups and downs and I marvel at my friend’s tenacity, optimism and good humour.

And here is one of Flora’s Fav Morning Prayer’s – Prayer of Grace

I was well touched when Flora shared that one of her most “grounding morning prayers” is one she saw in one of my books! This touched her heart.

So, in the spirit of friendship, here is Flora’s favourite Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer – Prayer of Grace

Dear Mother Earth, as I walk through your world, through the cracks and valleys of life, I pray for love, love of self and others.

I pray that I remain true to myself.

That I honour, care and protect myself.

Dear Mother Earth, it is through your guidance, your constant commitment to life that I’m here. Ready to serve. To live. Create and be. A divine soul, a budding flower, which blossoms and overflows with joy, peace and grace.

I thank you, oh divine creative spirit of mine for the gifts bestowed within and pray that your beauty will shine through my being.

Your love radiate through my eyes, your essence of truth, justice and honour through my heart.
Mother Earth, I thank you for the gift of life.

May I always remain close to you and show love and appreciation to your glorious creation.

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Everyday, Flora says this short prayer and finds it gives her the strength and energy to do all she has to do, in calm and more focused way.

And, given her workload and family committments, you can see how important it is for Flora to have optimum energy and reserves to keep going!

What’s Your Early Morning Secret?

What do you do, to get up and start your day in a more positive way, especially on the days, when you feel drained and exhausted when you wake up?

Do you prayer?

Or have some sort of morning routine to get you going in the morning?

If so, what difference does it make to how you feel when you get up?

Drop me an email, or share your thoughts in the comment box below because your tip might help someone else have a happy day!

Finally…

If are looking for a more nurturing way to start your day take a tip from Flora and say Prayer of Grace, quietly to yourself tomorrow morning when you wake up.

I really hope you find Flora’s favourite Morning Prayer helps you have a happy day.

Thank you.
Stay blessed

Ntathu

Ten Positive Affirmations To Help You Have An Awesome Day!

27 February 2015 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

One of the best ways to have an awesome day is to wake up in a happy mood.

As you well know, waking up in a happy mood, sets the tone for the rest of your day.

I’m sure like most busy women, you have so much to do, waking up in a good positive mood helps you get more done during your day.

10 Positive Affirmations — Having A Happy Day

However, I’m certain you have had days when you woke up feeling tired, low on energy and struggle to get out of bed and out the house on time.

I know I have!

When you have a “bad start” to your day, have you noticed that everything you do seems to take longer and requires more energy? It’s like you are holding a string and it drags you through the day and you struggle to get back on your feet.

Would you agree the more you can do to help yourself stay in good mood, life looks easier and you have more energy to get things done?

Waking up and starting your day in a positive frame of mind helps you to plan and prepare what you have to do in a calm and focused way

So, following along with our theme to help you have a peaceful and positive start to your day, I’d like to share with you, Ten Positive Affirmations you can say to yourself when you wake up. [Read more…] about Ten Positive Affirmations To Help You Have An Awesome Day!

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