Why That Silly Habit is Filled With Wisdom

The boys and I were jammin’ out in the car, singing “Hey look, mom, I made it.”

As we approach an intersection, the light changes from green to yellow.  

Without a thought, I kiss my hand and hit the ceiling of the car.  

“Mom, why do you always do that? “ I hear from the backseat.

“It keeps us safe through the light.” I reply.

“How?” my youngest presses on.

I took a moment to reflect…

“I’m not totally sure.  I guess it’s just my way of saying, ‘Hey Universe, could you get my back on this one.’”

I can see my son mull this over and I began to do the same.  

Kissing the ceiling through a yellow light is a practice I have engaged it for as long as I can remember. As I thought about it, I realized this act wasn’t just a silly habit I had picked up.

In my gut (as silly as my logical brain thought it may be) I felt it brought me safety.    

Growing up, I was not a religious person.  I went through the motions of being baptized, receiving communion, and becoming confirmed.  However, none of it was driven by a connection that I had felt with God.  It was something just you did.  

Why was it that I felt more connected to this unnamed power and its ability to carry me to safety than to an entity that I was to taught to put faith in.  

The purpose of this blog is not to stir up a conversation regarding religion.

Through my writing and all my work with Wellpowered Life, I aim to inspire women to love their bodies and feel at home in them.    

To do this we must love and trust in ourselves.  

By evaluating this seemingly insignificant quirk that I partake in regularly, I was opened up to some valuable insight on what I truly believed.

I learned that I believed…

  1. in a higher power

  2. this power has the ability to guide and protect me

  3. that I am worth protecting.

There are times that we get so busy in the every day that we lose track of our own true thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.  

Use this exercise to reel in the busy and connect with yourself.

Open a journal and answer the following questions…

What is your strangest quirk?  

Where did you pick this up?

Why do you continue to do it?   

Can you relate this to something in your belief system?


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