Lately, Ive been able to come to terms with this really empowering state of mind and being: ownership. The past few months have really been a reflective period for me in terms of certain ways that I have given certain people and situations control over my peace and happiness, and almost always I did this subconsciously. But I found that the more I would take a little bit of time with myself each day and check in with things in my life that I was not completely happy about, the more I realized all of that nonsense was in my control to change. Sometimes it meant removing myself from certain situations entirely, and other times it just meant a simple shift in perspective. But either way, it always came back to me and how I related to whatever it was I felt wasnt right. Recently, the biggest thing that has been screwing me up is the level of energy and attention my career is demanding of me. My daily schedule has never been so demanding in my entire life, and being a natural recluse this state of energetic draw has been somewhat uncomfortable for me to meet. Almost had an anxiety attack last week from it, actually. But then I realized that as much as I felt overwhelmed by it, the only problem was how much power I was giving outside circumstances to my level of peace. So, I got real with myself, put my big girl panties on, and came out of that shit with a completely different perspective. I thought I was going to need a week or two to regain balance, but it ended up only needing to be a day of self reflection and realizing that NOTHING in life is something that I cant handle. And ever since then... that situation hasnt bothered me even though nothing has really changed about it. Anything and everything in life is ALWAYS only a positive or negative experience based on how we welcome it. It always comes back to ourselves. Yes, sometimes things happen in life that are out of our abilities to control, but it is always us who chooses how we let those things effect us. You rule your world... nobody else.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:38:36 +0000