Take time to settle and feel relaxed. Look back over the day and recall those times when you were aware of being thankful (this could be for simple things like an invigorating walk or a cup of tea with a friend). Notice what was life-giving or creative, where you felt there was a flow, an ease of being or an openness of heart towards others, even in difficult situations. Spend time allowing these feelings to grow in you and give thanks.

Now turn to the times where you shut down on life, where it seemed there were blocks, where you were driven or felt caught in a destructive spiral within yourself or with another. DO NOT JUDGE YOURSELF.

Notice the direction your desires were leading – towards God or away from God? Were the desires to do with your false self, caught up with status, power or security or to do with the self that is awakened by desire to let God be God in your life?

Take time to befriend and accept aspects of yourself, to forgive and let go of anything that you are clinging to unhealthily. Allow room to make choices and rest in God.