Affirmation Cards, Day 8 & 9: EQ and Lofty Dream

Today's Lesson in Ease on EQ: (Day 8)

The Emotional intelligence/quotient is about using my emotions appropriately. I am now an emotionally literate person who is like a parent and/or grandparent to my emotions. I acknowledge my child's requirements, love them and encourage them to be creative, yet manage them wisely when they act negatively. I navigate my emotions with ease.
--Ellie Drake

EQ is a great card for me as I require this reminder often! There are moments when I slip into letting my emotions rule me--thankfully they are coming fewer and farther... Growth is indeed happening though. For instance, with the knowledge that it generally requires 21 days for a habit to form, I was intending to write a minimum of 21 consecutive blogs with the affirmation cards as the basis.

I missed Friday and Saturday. In the past, that would have been the cue for me to beat myself up emotionally and ultimately probably stop writing altogether since I had "failed" myself.


Well, I still pulled the cards each day, so I got the message. And this morning I simply said to myself "Cat, go ahead and blog about the past two and do today's card this evening! That way you will be right back on track tomorrow."
Here I am, emotionally a little more intelligent!

Today's Lesson in Ease on A Lofty Dream: (Day 9)

Every morning I get up and have a choice. I choose to empty my backpack and move on, experiencing life with a lighter load. My willingness to choose a life of ease instead of a life of struggle will release the load that is no longer relevant to who I am today. A commitment to ease, then, is my prescription for realizing a lofty dream.
--Ellie Drake

There is a song by Erykah Badu that correlates to this thought. It's called "Bag Lady".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqN0jsSeqPo

*Bag lady you gone hurt your back
Dragging all them bags like that
I guess nobody ever told you
All you must hold on to
Is you, is you, is you

One day all them bags gone get in your way
One day all them bags gone get in your way
I said one day all them bags gone get in your way
One Day all them bags gone get in your way

So pack light
Pack light
Pack light
Ooh ooh*

It's hard to hold on to a lofty dream when our heads and backs are stooped to carry a load we no longer require! If you haven't already, it's time to drop the bags ladies! Empty that backpack. It may seem strange at first, the lightness--the freedom. But don't go filling that bag up again just to have the comfort of the burden you know and recognize. That freedom and ease will fit comfortably on you very quickly...and it will become EASE-y.
Dream-On with Free-dom!