Exhaustion, frustration.
When you feel them, how do you deal with it?

The first thing I say is, “It’s OK!”.
I try to speak to my Unihipili, inner child of mine.

Then, usually, the next step is to start playing detective.
The search for the cause, and what triggered to these causes, what caused these fatigues and anger?
It keeps happening on its own.
I reacted to the attitude of the people at the gas station, my daughter’s lack of compassion towards me, the bills, my boss’s attitude, etc.
A variety of story cards are quickly lined up on my desk.
One fairly dramatic and often victimized story can easily be created with the cards, but before the story goes, I speak to my Unihipili.

“Thank you for showing me these memories and reminding me that I still have a lot to clean. It must been very painful”.

I try to show my care to my Unihipili.
And no matter how busy I am, I will try to find time to take 5 minutes to myself.
It can be a brief walk or a simple glass of water.
Taking those 5 minutes for myself.
Not for shopping or anything else, or for your health, but just simply for myself.

After 22 years of cleaning with the Ho’oponopono, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
Self-care is always the most of an afterthought.
You can clean it to get something out of it, but we tend to forget that cleaning is just to take care of ourselves.

Nevertheless, I have continued to do it.
It’s not an easy task, but there is TRUST.
I am now convinced that this inner trust is the core of my parenting, for my career and as a single mother.

Let’s start by putting the most important thing back in front of us, which tends to be postponed and forgotten.

Christine Leimakamae Chu