What a doozy of a day. I won’t say it was a bad day as I had many choices in how I reacted to each situation.
Nobody but me is in charge of my feelings. With one thing after another from 1:30-8:30 I had many an opportunity to flip out, be angry, be resentful, sit on the pity pot, be a victim and so on. Over & over I chose acceptance, love, and take it easy.
Close to a breaking point after dinner, again I had a choice. I chose to take care of me. I slipped away with nature radio playing, candles lit, and sat in a hot bath with almond oil and a mix of ‘acceptance’ oil and essential lavender, taking deep breaths and had an amazing meditation session. Wowza! I have not felt this serene and spiritual in quite sometime.
Just for today, I am grateful for the freedom to accept my own awareness and have the willingness to take the next right step in finding a solution.
This is great stuff, my dear Clairey. Keep it up.
Thanks BernaDiesel! True Story! Speeding ticket while listening to noise in car and not paying attention, huge unexpected bill, came home to poopy diapers torn up everywhere by the beagle dog and those were just a few of my “opportunities for growth” that day!!
Great job, Clairey!
I have to sheepishly admit that I will settle into a good tantrum now and then (a bit more these days. for some reason – gotta look into that. There’s a Starbucks that I am not going near for a while…lol), but somehow try to do what I can to relax. The other day at work (where it is actually acceptable for people at my level to yell, lol) I had to do something very simple – breathe. Just breathe. count to 10. The cliched things, but they work. Find my center. Think before i react. I can surprise myself at how quickly I can come to anger.
So I am thrilled that you were able to circumnavigate those guteral, feral feelings.
Hope you have a wonderful and serene day today, my friend 🙂
Blessings,
Paul
Thanks Paul. Yeah, HALT and too much caffeine are big ones for me. I have changed mine to CHALTED actually. Caffeinated? Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired? Emotional? Dehydrated?
LOL! Whatever it takes right?
Enjoy your day Paul & thanks for stopping by!
((((((HUGS))))))