And how can you turn around a possible disaster.
I started a new round of acupuncture therapy a couple of weeks ago.
It’s on every Monday morning.
I can’t book ahead and the doctor’s schedule gets fully booked quickly.
I drive for 45 mins to the clinic, take a number and wait for my turn.
This Monday, I had everything plan out in my ahead.
Get up.
Journal & coffee first.
Leave the house at 8.30.
Arrive at the clinic at about 9.30. Register. Get my number.
During the wait, pick up my dry cleaning and trousers from the tailor and have breakfast.
Come back and wait some more.
Finish my session around 12.30 pm.
And, only then, think about the plans for rest of the day.
What really happened,
I journaled sloppily as I kept checking the time.
I arrived at the planned hour and was informed that the doctor was fully booked.
Suddenly, I had to shuffle everything without even having breakfast in my belly.
I finished rest of the errands in the city.
I couldn’t find anything I felt like to eat.
I arrived home, cranky.
Not knowing how to deal with my day.
I was very aware of this state of mine.
I leaned in the tendency of destruction and give-up rather than easing into a routine that served me.
There was a very high possibility that I spent the day binging Netflix and loathed myself when I went to bed.
So.
➡️ I PAUSED.
➡️ I created BLANK by sitting still, banishing thoughts and doing absolutely nothing.
➡️ I took deep breath whenever the mind urged me to give up the day.
➡️ Only when I sensed some anchor within,
“What’s that one simple thing which will help us (I always talk plural to myself) to make the full use of today?”
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🩷 It’s ok to feel toppled.
🩷 It’s ok to feel losing control over small stuff.
🩷 Remember, your day is how you make it. Always.
🩷 Remember your anchor and start over at whichever hour of the day when you are ready.
Be love and be loved.
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➡️ Do you want to create that space between your busy mind and your true capacity to do well?