Angry
So many people are walking around angry. They are angry at their jobs, their life, their spouses, people they don't even know and well, just everything. We see it every day through the TV, computers and our phones. Every story or video seems to lead with arguments and fights. It can almost seem that the entire world has become bitter and nobody knows how to have a conversation or play nice in the sandbox anymore.
Well, it's time to change our view. Turn off the TV, put down the phone, walk away from the computer and realize that you are surrounded by amazing things every single day. The acts of kindness around you or that you are apart of may never make the news but they will be imprinted on your soul. They tell the bigger story, the one that is not being told; that people are still loving and good. Find those stories. Post those on your social media pages. More importantly, be conscious of the energy you put out there in this world. If you lead with patience, love and empathy, your world will open up. If you lead with anger and hostility, you keep you world small. Be responsible for what you say and how you treat people, for that will be how your story is told in the end.
Reaction
Situations happen in life which cause us to be on the defensive right away. We get angry and frustrated but what we are really upset about is that we feel a lack of control. So we react ... and if it's not a thoughtful reaction, well we then have given the situation more power than it deserves. Situations are lessons, all of life really is, and our reaction shows us just how far we've come or how much further we need to go. There is only one thing we ever have any real control over and that's ourselves. What a freeing thing to finally realize you don't have to control everything - because you really can't anyway!
Stillness
When we stop being motion, when we silence the voice that is constantly going in our heads, when we allow ourselves to just stop and be in complete silence, that's were we can finally hear from our soul. Stillness allows you to connect back to yourself, it reveals the truth you already know, but above all it reminds you of the greatest gift - that you have had the power all along. Most people run from stillness because they are too afraid what they might hear. They don't understand that they are only running from themselves. Choose today to not run. Choose today to find a few minutes of silence to hear your soul. Choose this moment to allow yourself to connect back to you. The answers you seek, the happiness you've been chasing, and the love you deserve are all within the space of silence. It's time to greet it like an old friend and this time, keep the connection going.
