Valued Action, May 2023

Recommit to valued action. (👤 Human, 💪 Resilience, 🏛️ Stoicism). Not perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning actions with values. (🧘 Mindfulness, 🏛️ Stoicism).

Brave

• Take measured doses of discomfort to expand your comfort zone. In 💖 Brave, 🧘 Mindfulness, 🏛️ Stoicism.
• Speak up. In 💖 Brave, 👤 Human.
• Be vulnerable. In 💖 Brave, 👤 Human.

Loving

• Slow your tempo. In ☯️ Daoism, 🧘 Mindfulness, 🐌 Slowness.
• Respond rather than react. Intensity and reactivity breed more of the same. In ☸️ Buddhism, ❤️ Love, 🐌 Slowness, 🏛️ Stoicism.
• Reframe. In time, in space. In 👤 Human, ❤️ Love, 🧘 Mindfulness, 🏛️ Stoicism.
• Change your tone from critic to coach. In 👤 Human, ❤️ Love, 💪 Resilience.
• Give Benefits, freely and easily. In 👤 Human, ❤️ Love, 🏛️ Stoicism.

Opening

• The ocean, not the waves. In ☸️ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness, 💪 Resilience, 🙋 Self.
• Give everything a warm welcome. In 🙆 Acceptance, ☸️ Buddhism, 📍 Experience, 💪 Resilience.
• Respond in ways that open up choices. In ☯️ Daoism, ⏰ Waking-up.

Connecting

• Everything is connected. In ☸️ Buddhism, 🌘 Nondual, ⭕️ Tmwt.
• Ask questions about, and focus on, what connects not what divides. In 👤 Human.
• (Re)connection, seeing interdependence, is more effective than strength or dominance. In ☯️ Daoism, 👤 Human.

Added 2023-05-07, last updated 2023-05-29.