“We live in a non stop world!” This phrase has been stated over and over again usually in the same sentence with the internet, social media, children, work and everything else one can imagine. Now today was one of those days for me. It seemed as if I wanted to start my day over the moment it began. That said there are many people who say to simply change your thoughts about the day. Meaning that we say, “Ok now my day is exactly as we make it and thus it’s a great day!”
There is some validity to this. To quote Dr. Wayne Dyer, “If we change the way we look at things the things we look at change”. Yet, I know that my day starts with a ritual of meditation and coffee. So if it switches up as it did today, I can have a hard time getting back on tract. So in the vain of seeing things that are radically beautiful today (look at last weeks post) I took a few minutes to make another cup of coffee and sit down for a sip or 2 to recalibrate. This moment stopped me from a down hill slope. Which gets me to my point, How do you stop the habitual pattern of the “down word spiral” of unhealthy thought? The thoughts that keeps us in a habitual pattern that feeds our stress. We don’t always make it easy on ourselves to simply change our thoughts on a dime. Hence finding a way to re-center our thoughts. I used a few moments to breathe and slow down, if only for a few moments but it worked. This moment was #radicallybeautiful to me. I was incorporating a centering breath with the comforting warmth of my coffee. So how can you stop, breathe and move forward with a fresh thought pattern. Awareness can take a bit of work. To catch yourself before the stress or the craziness of the day gets the better of you is the goal.
I will save a whole post about awareness for another day. But for today, take a moment to breathe and and take into your lungs the freshness of a centered self. Now carry on with your day, fresh. That’s if you have had any day like mine, which of course is now quite lovely!
Lots of Love!
~Sarah
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