Reawaken Generosity: Awaken My Heart Weeks 28-31

Well here we are again. So these weeks are largely focus on giving or doing. So let’s dive in.

Week 28: Get It Done

This particular week overlapped with the 4th of July Holiday so it was a little tricky to do some things. The reflection was focused on procrastination. Wilson Hussem encouraged to reflect and find something to get done this week. I was on vacation as I said so the solid exercise to make a schedule was not really doable as vacations tend to be very few flowing and to be honest I love going to see my family in Michigan but unless you do some research and prior planning you kind kind of have to plan the day of at times what to do.

Week 29: Love the Elderly

This weeks was all about the appreciation of the elderly. Wilson Hussem particular reflected on her experience experience with the elderly. She also reflected on that phase of life in general The soul exercises encouraged the reader to pray for her (as this book is targeted towards women) grandparents and to be attentive to the elderly around her this week. I didn't do so well with the praying one, despite the fact I pray almost every day. I do remember having a conversation with someone who was elderly but I don't remember much of the specifics.

Week 30: Give It Over to God

This week was was about identifying and letting go of baggage in your life. I will admittedly say that I had trouble to a certain degree of thinking of areas of baggage in my life. Yes, there is a lot I could say this is baggage, but also these situations can sometimes be questioned as how much are they baggage and simply memories of less than ideal circumstances. This weeks was also a bit tricky for me as there are some personal reasons why a part of the soul exercise which was to potentially to give away an item which was related to this baggage would have taken a lot of reflection about the true motivation for it. I mostly focused on praying about the baggage and healing more deeply from things. Not sure what occurred per se this week, but i do know it gave me some time to reflect on if I had anything to give away which had a measure of attachment to the past that needs to be let go of.

Week 31: Bring Down the Walls

Vulnerability can be very difficult, for some. Wilson Hussem reflected that so many people seem to find difficulty in being vulnerable, at least as one gets older. Though I admittedly did not necessarily remember to do all the soul exercises, I did reflect on my own experience of vulnerability. I was really surprised at the paradox I found in that I struggle at times with being overly vulnerable, yet this kind of leads to one problem, I can become nervous about how I am perceived. Social anxiety is hard to navigate, but I'm learning, slowly, how to manage it. Perhaps this week reflecting on vulnerability was exactly what I needed to really see what place I am at with vulnerability and see where I could actually grow.

With that it's time to press pause, but come soon to see where my Merry Journey take me next