I started working with my spiritual teacher, Janice, 19 years ago, just before I became a single parent. At that time I was writing a book, my consulting business was booming, I cooked dinner every night and oh yeah, I was spearheading a plan with my neighbors to save land in my community. I totally used up every minute of the day and very little of it was reserved for me. My 30-minute meditation was the only time I slowed down.

One day on a call with Janice, we were discussing the fact that I was out of alignment with my commitment to take time for quiet and relaxation and meditation. I told Janice that I was totally engaged in all the activities that I was doing and that all of them were important; my kids needed to be fed, land needed to be saved, my clients needed my attention and there were only 24 hours in a day.

And then she asked me “ Where do you sit in your own universe?”

I didn’t know how to answer that question. In fact I didn’t even know what she meant.

Then I realized, she was asking me was who’s taking care of Selina?

I got it.

I was so busy taking care of everyone else that I had put myself last on my own grace list. I had come to our teaching tired, stressed, and weary and my teacher was gently asking me why I wasn’t taking care of me.

When I work with my students and we begin to examine where they are out of alignment in their lives, they usually point to a relationship in their life that isn’t healthy or identify a truth that they hold about someone else that does not serve. But curiously, it takes some time before they begin to realize that they are out of alignment not because of the situations that they mention, but because they are not valuing themselves. Time is one of our greatest gifts and while they give their time willingly to others they leave no time for themselves.

Your job, first and foremost, is to take care of you, to put yourself at the center of your universe.

How are you doing at that job?

Are you taking time for quiet and rest and meditation?

Are you asking for help when you need it?

Are you speaking your truth?

When I ask these questions of my students most of the time I hear:

“Who has the time for rest or meditation?”

“I’m so stressed & I’m so tired that I don’t know what my truth is..”

“Who can I ask for help, everybody’s always coming to me?”

If you recognize yourself here, you need to begin to take care of you.

May I remind you of the phrase that we always hear on airplanes?:

“If the air mask is needed, please remember put it on yourself first before assisting others.”

That message speaks to our life as well.

If you’re always helping others at the sake of your own health and wellbeing you’re approaching life in a way that ultimately will serve no one.

I can’t provide you with the individual answers here but I can indeed gently remind you to put yourself back into the center of your universe and I can offer you a gift that will help to bring you to peace.

I’ve created an affirmation, words that you can speak that carry a high frequency when spoken and will anchor in the power that you hold within your own being. When you say these words you will be filled with the truth of who you are and with the grace that resides within you.

Please go here:

http://practicalspiritualitywithselina.com/ affirmation-transform-fear-love/

Download the affirmation I have created for you and speak it loudly and clearly. It will take you less than 5 minutes and it’s my hope that in repeating these words daily, you will begin to feel your own power and begin to make choices in your life that put you back in the center of your universe, right where you belong! It’s my great pleasure to share this with you!

A lecturer and author of two books, Selina Maitreya empowers her students through the teachings of Practical Spirituality, where students learn how to respond to their daily life from one of the many physical manifestations of love. Selina works with individuals and with groups, helping them to awaken and re-connect to their higher wisdom through their daily actions and choices. Selina has been interviewed on numerous radio programs and blogs. Her latest writings can be accessed on her website, in the new book Lifesparks, and at www.creationsmagazine.com. To learn more about Selina and Practical Spirituality go to: selinamaitreya.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/ PracticalSpiritualityWithSelina/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/selinamaitreya.