对于一个一有机会就宣扬冥想优点的人来说，有趣的是，要让冥想成为一种日常练习，对我来说竟多么艰难。我并不以此为荣，但这是事实。我似乎每次都只能坚持几周或几个月的时间。这是令人难以置信的沮丧。
Lately, I’ve been wondering if this struggle runs parallel to my tendency to fall into writer’s block. I often believe that I don’t get writer’s block because I don’t sit at my laptop agonizing over every word, writing and rewriting ad nauseam. I do, however, go for days—sometimes even weeks—at a time, not writing at all. I’m pretty sure that counts as writer’s block, too.
As daunting as it seems, I know that I need to find a way to make writing and meditating daily practices again. My heart is full of things that I need to express, and my soul needs the guidance of my Higher Self. So, what do I do when my heart and soul remain stubbornly closed?
我有一个新的策略，让自己在创意和精神上回到正轨，其中有三个主要组成部分。我需要从小事做起，让自己有选择，并对自己表达更多的爱和同情心。
从小事开始
有时你必须一次一块砖地拆除一堵墙。冥想两分钟比冥想20分钟容易得多。写两分钟比完成一整篇博文要容易得多。
当然，冥想和写作的时间越长越好。不过，重点是要记住，两分钟的冥想总比什么都不做要好，而开始写一篇博文但未完成，总比从未开始写博文要好。
我注意到，即使我只冥想了几分钟，我也会感到在精神上、情感上、能量上和创造力上，都没有那么不通畅。反过来也是如此：如果我能够想办法写下一点东西，创造性的释放会清除我头脑中的一些杂物，而这个新创造的空间使我更容易闭目静坐。
20分钟的冥想是令人难以置信的强大，但能有两分钟也足以让我开始找到路，回归创意和精神流动。
让自己有选择
As I get older, I’m learning that I struggle with schedules and routines in general. I think this is why I’ve been doomed to fail when I’ve told myself that I have to meditate for 20 minutes every morning and I have to have written for a few hours by the time I go to bed at night.
希望有一天我能够每天冥想20分钟，最好是一天两次，然后用一天中最多的时间进行写作。不过，我还没有达到这个目标，所以我对自己能做的最仁慈的事情就是承认并接受这一点。
我正试图对自己更加灵活。有一个时间表是好的，但现实是，我不需要每天都在同一时间写作或冥想。我也不需要做同等时间，这很好，因为我的精力每天都会有变化。
我决定给自己一个选择，而不是每天都有一个时间表，我凭感觉做选择。无论处于什么状态，都以同样的标准要求自己，这是永远行不通的。我需要从我所处的位置开始，用我所拥有的状态来工作。
对于冥想，我给自己的两个选择是2分钟或20分钟。如果我在任何一天不能做到后者，我就不会再自责了。我何时何地冥想由我自己决定。我注意到，我一回到家，或吃饭前冥想两分钟，似乎对我很有效。这让我惊讶不已：在匆忙回家后，或在做饭和吃饭之间，暂停两分钟会很不一样。
For writing, I’m giving myself four options: writing in my journal; working on a blog post; writing notes before, during or after meditation; or some combination of the three. The daily minimum I’ve set for myself is just to open a Word document or my journal and write something. I’ll consider that alone a success.
不管我写了多少东西或冥想了多久，每天做一点似乎是避免瓶颈的最有效策略。毕竟，保持流动总比脱离了流动，并试图回到流动中去要容易得多。
Showing myself more love and compassion
Beating myself up for not doing enough doesn’t help me get back into the flow. It does the opposite. With love and compassion, I need to gently push myself to write and meditate a little bit each day, even for a few minutes and even when I don’t feel like doing it—especially when I don’t feel like doing it. The trick seems to be finding a balance between being flexible and practicing self-discipline. Easier said than done. If it were easy, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post.
It is an uphill battle, but it’s a battle worth fighting. Ultimately, as a witchy woman and writer, my primary goal in life is to stay in the flow as much as possible. Developing love and compassion for myself will help me bypass the things that obstruct flow by giving me permission to make my expectations of myself small enough to give me a fighting chance of actually achieving them.
I believe that if I start with a few minutes at a time and let go of the guilt trips I give myself for the days I’m not able to do more, I’ll find myself in the flow of creativity and spiritual connection much more often. The goal before me is simply to enter a state of flow every day, with as much love and compassion as I can offer myself, one minute and one word at a time.
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