My mind is constantly in "future-mode". I know intellectually not to do this, but my deep negativity drags me to it over and over again. As a child, I used to experience difficulties and I would feel out of control. After I was done crying or yelling, I would simply surrender with the words, "Time is on my side"...meaning one day when I am an adult, I will SHOW you....or I will DO that...or I will HAVE those. Focusing on the future was a survival method and a soothing technique to get through tough situations. It's amazing how we cling to what we have always done and what we have always known. At some point we are just going through the motions without realizing it.
I read this useful article today that I found on the Facebook Page of "Finer Minds". The article inticed me because it was about the subject of dwelling too much on the future and not being present for what is right in front of us. I HAD to read it...I pride myself on being one of those "in the moment people" and yet I often am the total opposite. So I deducted that reading their article might help me tune it up a little. Life is about fine-tuning what we know to be good for us. I mentioned this in my blog a few days ago...about deepening the ypga pose...pushing yourself just a bot more to really give the muscles a workout. My spiritual muscles could use more than a little workout, and that much is for sure!
Because I experience challenges in my home life (with the husband, not the kids), I find myself frequently relying on my ability to idealize my future hopes, dreams, goals etc....and chastize whatever exists in the present. What a fool I am! I really truly missed the point! Thankfully, each moment is the time to redirect ourselves. And so I have been redirected by the finer minds people and their article. I cannot impress enough the necessity and benefit of surrounding yourself with like-minded people, places, things, music, movies, books. Life should be seemless. That which we love should be all around us...not miles away. What I Love the most are my children. I need them. I also Love my work. I Love earning a living and not relying on anyone else to provide for me. This is what I desire greatly out of life and why I aspire to work in a field such as Events Planning...because of the capacity for expansion. I cannot get lost in the future plans.
Today is a wonderful day and this is a wonderful moment. I do have a GREAT life. A year ago, I would have a list of things to complain about pertaining to lost opportunities or anger that I could not let go of. But not today I don't. I am happy...cheerful...whole and perfect. I have a happy and harmonious home. I have a healthy family. We are truly blessed. count your blessings.
~namaste~
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