Today I express my soul…
by letting go of the past.
Everything that has come before has made me what I am. I appreciate each and every experience that has left me the abundant inner treasure chest I now own. I have a wealth of experience, knowledge and tools that benefit my daily wellbeing. I am grateful for this gift in the ever present moment of now.
I was on the phone talking to a friend as she was getting prepared to go out of town. Over the past couple of days I had heard her say, a few times, that she wouldn’t get everything she needed to done. I remember a time in my life when I felt that way 24/7. It had the adverse effect of keeping me up at nights as I my mind went through lists of everything that had to be accomplished the following day.
One day I realized that when I die I was still going to have unaccomplished items on my to-do list. I started to relax a bit at first and with time I am now far more relaxed, with the exception of panicking every tax season. Tells you where I’m headed at the moment!
What I have come to understand is that I am the one who gives meaning to what is important or a priority in my life. Furthermore, it is I who then puts pressure on myself to accomplish these tasks. When I apply such deep pressure as to cause mental or emotional harm to myself I am not being true to myself. Is it any wonder that I’m unhappy in those moments?
I also came to realize that as I was hurrying through the tasks that I was hurriedly trying to get done I never got the opportunity to be in the present moment and enjoy what I was doing. Living that way totally takes away from the quality of life that I deserve. The irony is that the entire time it was in my power to turn around, I just didn’t realize it.
I changed my thinking in order to change my life. We create the illusion that something is so important that we can actually cause most of our own stress and lack of enjoyment. In the end we can only ask ourselves if is it worth it. I know my answer; do you know yours?
