What Feeds Your Soul?

There are times when you want to experience life in ways you can’t readily see for yourself. You want "it," whatever "it" is but you can't seem to see or connect with it in your life. Maybe past trauma or mounting disappointment limit your vision. This makes it even harder, especially if you really don't know what you're looking for. Naming what you want is very different from acknowledging its presence and allowing yourself to receive it fully. We must be mindful of the tendency to imagine at times, that what we want in only one specific way and neglect the fact that it may show up in several ways never thought or imagined. A fixated mind is a trap. It prevents you from connecting with yourself and your life in a vibrant, present way that fills you up rather than subtracts from your being. It also perpetuates feelings of emptiness and a mindset of lack, (you don't have what you want, therefore it doesn't exist). This blocks what is already present and the capacity to build momentum into bigger, better, more meaningful experiences in connection with what you want.

I learned something about fulfillment. It was revealed in a way that I wouldn’t have thought. I felt a craving for chicken fingers which I usually don't eat. It’s the type of food I generally stay away from because at times, it also comes with a string of guilt after I eat it. So, I did my best to squash the craving and eventually, went on with my day. However, the craving came back and with a bit more ferocity this time and with that, I chose to honor the craving. When I picked up the chicken fingers, I noticed I felt happy and filled with a sense of joy just to have it. I saw myself smiling like a little kid, my face beaming and bright. I couldn't wait to get home. After I finished eating, I sat back and felt an overwhelming sense of inner ease and fulfillment. I learned that fulfillment lives in little moments connected to the soul and the soul, literally guides you to what does bring you happiness and joy in the moment.

Fulfillment is about allowing the Soul to flow. You can't fill up if you don't allow yourself to flow.

When you limit, restrict, or block your Soul's Flow, you cut off the energy needed to thrive. When the energy to thrive is cut off, you feel empty. That feeling of emptiness doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. You just can't fill the void with "things" that are empty to begin with. If you never honor the pangs of your Soul, the experience of depleting a sense of wholeness is inevitable. Fulfillment is about allowing yourself to flow and receive your Soul's guidance in the moments that connect you to your happiness and joy.

Let's stop chasing the elusive "it" and start listening to the guidance of the soul. Let's stop limiting, restricting, and blocking and start flowing with the Soul. Let's stop being in states of lack and start feeding the Soul. Let's stop doubting the Soul and start trusting it to know what is needed. Let's start believing in the Soul to bring us to touchstones along the way, moment to moment, because if you really look, they are everywhere; ready, willing, and able to serve you, if you just give yourself permission to receive. When you feed your Soul, you honor your Soul and that's the highest value.

Love,
Jennifer🌸
Gentle Touch Healing
www.jennifersmusing.com
Healing through Compassion❣️
- Inner Beauty Blog:
What Feeds Your Soul?, Tiny Poet, 7.15.2024