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Where You Want to Be

Where you want to be
I know I waste a lot of time focusing and fearing the future.
What’s next? What’s to come?
Anticipation of, and speculation about up-coming events, and worst-case scenarios.
 
It seems most of us are planning for this, preparing for that.
Racing against the clock to get things done, to fit it all in.
 
Which is also why most of us are filled with stress, anxiety and exhaustion.
 
The very reason we have anxiety, is from living in the future.
 
Hoping for this outcome, dreading that thing, wishing for this to happen, praying that doesn’t happen…etc.
 
None of us are actually in this moment, we can’t see that right here and now, all we need to do is just be.
Be at our job, doing what we can, today.
Be with that person, spouse, child or friend. And be completely present with them. Focused 100% on our time, interaction and conversation with them.
And just as important, be with ourselves.
Acknowledge that we are doing our very best.
And however we are feeling, it’s just one day. Honor ourselves and how we feel.
 
I think it would take a lot of pressure off if we just focused on this day, these 24 hours.
Make the most of these precious hours, prioritize what’s important, and just be there fully with whatever that day holds.
 
Wishing you all the most amazing 1440 minutes!
 
In love and light!
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It’s Going to be a Good Day

My anxiety, It's going to be a good day
Now that would be freaking hilarious, if it weren’t so dang true…
 
Why do we hold onto all of our stories and painful memories of the past?
 
Of course some things are helpful, like we remember to not touch a hot stove, but if you’re like me, it still happens, more often than I’d like to admit.
 
But the other things..the break up, the trauma, the accident, the diagnosis..
 
We add a story of why that happened, or what we did to cause it. Which then keeps us from taking risks, or doing things out of fear or disappointment or rejection.
 
One negative or obsessive thought comes in, and the spiral down into the dark abyss of crazy town has begun.
 
“It’s going to be a good day,” as harmless and positive as it sounds, can unleash some sort of conscious or unconscious self sabotage.
 
We don’t trust that we can be happy.
 
We don’t know that things can go well for us.
 
But at some point, we need to acknowledge these thoughts, this cycle, and just let that sh*t go….
 
“It’s going to be a good day” That’s it. Period. End of story.
 
Wishing you all a very “Good” day! For Real!!
 
In love and light
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Baby Steps

waterfall, my first baby step

If you didn’t read my last blog, How comfortable is your comfort zone?  You can read that here. I took my own advice and set out on an adventure, practicing baby steps…

taking my baby steps

Travelling makes me uncomfortable.  I don’t have many memories of great trips or experiences in my past.  They are all clouded with car sickness, boat sickness, airplane sickness, and just plain sickness for no reason. Yay me!!

I do have some pretty funny memories of being so drugged up on Dramamine that I walked into the men’s bathroom instead of the women’s.  But again, I was so drugged up, I wasn’t able to participate in the humor.

So needless to say, I don’t find travelling enjoyable, and have even developed a fear of it.  But I am determined to push past the restriction of my own limitations, so I tested my ability.

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