Every little love adds up
May 28th, 2009
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Imagine you just came up to me in the street and asked me:
“Hi Michelle, how are you?”
And imagine this was my answer:
“Eh. I have so much to do today. I had a doctor’s appointment at 8am and sat in the waiting room for over an hour!”
Now imagine that instead THIS was my answer:
“I’m well, thanks. You know what, I’m almost all done reading this new book and it’s great. Do you want to borrow it?”
Lately I’ve become pretty interested in the energy we give off and the energy we take in. While this sounds all flowerchild at first, I find that most of my private clients ‘get’ this idea of energy instinctively. And I’m sure everyone does.
How does it feel to hear my story of the doctor’s office, versus my offer to borrow a book? Choosing to look on the bright side really works – not as a distraction from the dark side, but to purposefully shift your energy. I might still think in my head “Boy that sucked sitting in the waiting room all morning.” But by not speaking those words, I don’t reiterate the negative thought in my own mind and I don’t share that negative energy with you.
Simple enough.
Here are three ways I’ve found to rein in my thinking when negativity runs rampant:
1. Accept what is.
This is something I learned from my yoga teacher training and it’s been invaluable. As soon as you accept a situation and stop hoping it changes or trying to change it, you can relax. If I freak out because I’m late to a meeting – am I still late? Yup. If I can’t change it, I might as well accept it as truth.
2. Take responsibility for everything.
This doesn’t mean you suddenly have to do ALL the laundry. This just means that in every situation, there is at least a piece of it that you are responsible for. When you stop thinking like a victim, you start to feel in control. If I’m late to a meeting I could blame my husband for asking a favor of me before I left. I could start conjuring up all the reason why I hate the fact I have to go to this meeting. Or, I can take responsibility for my lateness because I took too long drying my hair and chose to do that instead of getting out of the house. But man, my hair looks good!
2. Find little loves in life.
I call my three cats my Little Loves because…they are. But there are lots of little loves or joys in life that I’m pretty sure we don’t always recognize. My husband actually taught me this. He always notices small things – the pattern on a rooftop or a conversation two people are having behind us. What do you love? For me, it’s the way my kitties purr at night. And I love how my zen alarm clock chimes me awake in the morning. I especially love the water pressure in our shower. It’s perfect.
What about you? How can you tap into little loves and new ways of thinking to turn on magnificent energy in your life?
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