This is episode 1,990 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you as you give yourself a little more peace, energy, and clarity today. How are you doing? How is your Hope Journal coming along? If you are just joining us, you

had a challenge in this week's series. I always share a full seven-part series that begins every single

Sunday. And we end this on a Saturday. This happens to be for a Saturday's episode so it's the final

episode in our series on having hope in a crisis and you had a challenge to keep a hope journal where you

recorded what made you hopeful for each day and I encourage you to keep this journal going

throughout this pandemic? This can be a valuable tool for yourself and for others.

In today's episode, you will be guided as you reflect back over your week.

Doing a weekly or daily reflection is one of the best days to become a better person.

When you reflect on what worked well for you throughout the week and what you might want to improve.

You become aware of patterns and thoughts

and that awareness is critical because when you are aware of how you're spending your time,

your energy, what you're thinking about, what you're thinking about

can do something you can do something to manage your reaction to stress and to how you live your life. I have been sharing

with you in this series as well an inspirational person who has overcome extenuating circumstances in their life,

and they remained hopeful, and they also became an inspiration for others precisely because of what they had gone through.

So they used it to fuel them towards goodness, rather than to

spiral down into despair.

You may be sitting there thinking about your new normal these days.

Most of us have been in stay-at-home mode where we're isolated many times from our loved ones even our families.

You might even be alone or you might be with your family and loved ones and we all need space so I hope you are using your time

in the morning and in the evening especially and in the mid afternoon if you could to go to your sacred space.

That was also a challenge for you this week to create a sacred space and you're allowing yourself that inner peace that's going to help you maintain your hope.

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