Discovering Barriers

DISCOVERING BARRIERS (and hopefully more!) Exercise

This exercise is really for anyone wondering how they can find more peace in their life. You may want to consider some of the writing prompts below to help you open and be clear on points of contention.  These types of exercises can often help when people are dying because they may need to feel that they made some difference in this world, that their life was not a waste. Naturally most people seek a peaceful death and yet sometimes we don’t know what’s holding us back from letting go completely.

Take an inventory of your life by listing your accomplishments…

Make a chronological list of your life, almost as a history to be passed onto the next generation or perhaps letters to be read by future generations.

What is the bulk of your experiences? 

What do you bring to the table? 

What things make you valuable? 

What are the high points and low points?

Take some time to sit down and journal on these prompts… write freely, the more details the better. Open your heart and write from an uncensored mind. 

List at least five people/things in each of these categories that reflect authenticity and a feeling of ease…

When you are in this space of considering your accomplishments it is natural that our mind will consider the disappointments. It is vital that you are honest and vulnerable in order to make the most progress within this exercise… 

Please reflect on these disappointments in writing, with as many details as possible. The disappointments can be big or small but be thorough and own the things in your life you wish might have been different. 

After you’re finished writing take a few minutes to relax and just sit in the space of reflection on your life as a whole. 

Do you feel complete? Is there anyone you would like to speak with before you die? Making amends can be a huge step in the right direction to dying in peace. 

For all of us, some periodic review of how out lives are going and recognition of our achievements, may help us find more enjoyment and purpose in our lives.  Tying up loose ends from the past allows us to live more wholly and fully in our current daily life, the same as it allows us to die more peacefully.

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