Good news, Bad news…Interpretation is up to US!
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
A day is just a period of time open to interpretation. Is it the best day or the worst? Are experiences (be they pleasant or odd) ‘positive’ or ‘negative’? Are they ‘disasters’ or exciting ‘challenges’?
· How many different ways could we rise to those challenges?
· What in our day is a ‘gift’?
Our power in life lies in the fact that you, like all of us, choose our interpretation to events and then react. Perhaps it doesn’t feel like we choose, because unconscious patterns and old family-formatted mechanisms and reactions click in (often without our awareness) and make the choice for us. We can be miserable or stressed, and overwhelmed by circumstances, or we can look for the lesson and the learning available to us in the cards life deals us.
Our experiences can be looked at, interpreted, and reacted or responded to, in any number of ways. To paraphrase the bard, the way you choose to think about and understand your experiences, determines your internal state. The only real limitation to your success or peace of mind lies in the way you're thinking about what's happening, and what’s possible in your life.
So, why not reclaim your power? Let 'victimhood' become an outdated role, and choose to open to life's adventure, meaning and teachings! This is the practice I invite you to accept this Fall. Change your life by changing your thinking.
And...."carpe diem". There's no time like the present.
“When you see your life circumstance as a blessing rather than a curse, an opportunity rather than an obstacle, a treasure rather than a trial, you will be on your way to experiencing what you sought to experience when it was created for you, by you.” (Author unknown)
Blessings and courage on your journey,
Abigail
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