I start each day with the best of intentions, don't you. I will eat the right foods, exercise, do well at work, you know the drill, don't you? Sometimes I actually achieve all that - but most days I have to continue working on it. Like today...
I woke up after a vivid nightmare, so detailed and accurate was this dream that I actually had to convince myself it was in my mind. Not the best way to start my day. Thankfully, I worked on a positive point of view and I thought I was fine. I wasn't. Things were increasingly stressful at work, and I thought I was managing it all very well. I wasn't. I was trying to remain focused on the good in my life, keeping myself grounded, but, I must say that sometimes the impossible stresses of work - the demands of the job - they get to me. Instead of putting my attention on what I wanted - I looked at what was happening. One after another people came into our department and complained about issues that they were having that they wanted us to address - NOW. Instead of keeping my attention positively focused I let the things happening in front of me move my focus away from what I want.
Isn't that why I started this blog in the first place? I wanted to maintain my focus on what I wanted even in the face of overwhelming reality! Today I wasn't able to do it. I allowed the events in front of me to pull me in and I lost it. So the first thing I need to do - readjust my focus.
Whenever I get dissuaded from my goals I start by getting really down on myself. Wrong way to go! This time, I started by forgiving myself and instead focusing on how I can do things differently tomorrow. How will I deal with these people then? What can I say to improve my situation? How will I behave that will achieve a better circumstance?
Tomorrow no matter what I am doing, no matter who I am with or what is happening it is my dominant intention to focus on what I want - focus on my inner reality and make that more important than what I see with my eyes.
There is a line in the book, "The Little Prince" - Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. Until Today I did not see only with my heart but beginning now I will remind myself everyday about the importance of that special vision.
I kept having a "nothing works right" day yesterday. Was it something we drank? Anyway, thanks for reminding me to see from my heart. Today will be a wonderful day - for you and for me.
ReplyDeleteEverything always works out!
Don't get "down on yourSELF." Just make the shift back to self ~self awareness. We all fall into the illusion from time to time that the outside world is reality. We have no control over what others say or do, or sometimes what happens, but we can control our reaction to it. Once we separate ourselves from it, and not take it personally, we can choose how to act-- from the heart with truth and love. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-doubt, and regret.
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this to remind me! xoxo, Lynn