I can be a very negative person.
It's true, I really do get negative and angry and let my emotions over one event screw up my whole day. So, I'm going to try really hard to stop doing that. I'm not saying that I'm going to be a totally new person because, let's face it, I'm so much cooler as me than as some happy perky psycho. But I am going to brush off my negativity and focus on the happy stuff. Ironically, focusing on the happy stuff is advice I gave someone the other day; obviously, I'm not good at taking anyone's advice--especially my own.
Today, I made an effort to be alive and enjoy the day. I was actually up early enough this morning to hear the birds outside without them being drowned out by all the people who walk around during the day. I may not have literally taken the time today to "stop and smell the roses", but I did make an effort to tell myself what a good day I was having and remember that I was happy and alive.
I read a friend's blog today, got caught up on everything going on since Sunday (he's even worse than I was that one day; he posts like 3 blogs each day it seems). One of his more recent posts reminded me about something I learned when I first started to look into yoga and meditation. The first step to help reduce stress and increase focus is your breath, and there was this really amazing quote that resonated with me so strongly that I made it into a screen saver on my laptop...and then promptly began to ignore it every time it came up.
"Stop. Breathe. Go slow."I have the tendency to focus on everything going on at the same time and rush through things, sometimes without thinking, and then freak out because I'm stressed and I feel like I have no time to get everything done, so I try to rush through and do it all at once, which causes more stress... It's a never ending cycle for me. But if I stop, and take a moment to breathe, then move on and work my way through everything at a slower pace, I'm not stressed.
I re-epiphanied. And it feels fantastic!
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