I am better able to get into focus during the loving kindness exercise than I was at the beginning. It is starting to open me up to expanding my concern for others and being less self-centered.
When I did the personal assessment, I looked at each of the four lines of development to see where my strong and weak points were in the areas. Right now I am very strong in the interpersonal area with good relationships within my family, friends and community. The biological aspects of my life in relationship to nutrition and fitness are doing pretty well. I am doing exercises to help bring me back from a reconstructive ankle surgery, and I have a nutrition plan that has resulted in me losing around 50 pounds since the summer. My worldly aspect of development is average, but I do reach out into the community with a few activities. Right now the area that I really need to work on is the psychospiritual development involving the emotional area.
As I did the assessment, I was surprised to find that I am doing pretty well in most of the areas of the four quadrants. It is obvious to me that the area that I need to focus on is the emotional aspect of my life. Right now my stress level is pretty high due to trying to juggle doctor appointments and physical therapy with work which involves a great deal of overtime, in addition to taking two courses at Kaplan U. this term. I am constantly tense and tight and tend to be very reactive. I am doing Yoga, so that is one exercise that is helpful. I know that breathing exercises and doing the witnessing mind exercise will really help to make a change in my stress level. However, I still haven’t committed to a specific routine during the week to do these practices. And, I know that until I do, my stress level is going to remain high and reactive.
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