Monday, February 15, 2010

There are really only 3 options ...

So after a few days of much needed rest, relaxation, lots of yoga and girl bonding like you have never imagined, I feel much like myself again.

The past few days have been rather interesting and while I still feel the weight in my chest that has me feeling like rest is still on the agenda, I am beginning to see a bit clearer and realize that my mind has really been trained to live like I can only see the next 200 ft in front of me. Its awesome to not be worried all the time and be stressed about the what if's of tomorrow, but its especially amazing to know that people that have known me for years and years, tell me that I am glowing and have changed quite a bit. No matter what my internal struggles are looks like I am learning to deal with them and only emit positiveness to the universe :)

So, along with this little 30 day challenge, of which of course I am more then half way through now (10 more days!!) I have had the ability to aspire many of my friends to read the Power of Now, watch the Secret (or be obsessed much like I am) and start a vision book or board of some kind. Its awesome because in moments of weakness or struggle I feel like someone turns to me with something from one of these sources that gets me back on my feet again.

So in day one of my restful period, in which I was contemplating whether to continue on this journey, I woke up to an email from someone embarking on their own little journey to remind me of a lesson taught by Eckhart Tolle which was once again read and drilled into me by my yoga teacher this morning. And the more I have thought about things, the more I am coming to see the reality behind this little lesson and how it can stop you from a whole lot of anxiety and unneeded stress.

I bet you're all wondering what it is? lol. Okay so here it is. You are going through your life as you normally would, and suddenly you reach a junction, a bad situation, a testy situation, a WTF situation, basically something that makes you want to scream WHY ME!!! What do you do? I mean what can you do?How do you erase it? How do you make the world change it?!?!? how, how, how DOES IT JUST GO THE HELL AWAY? The reality is no matter how much you try you can't really erase what's been done, all you can do is simply choose one of the 3 courses of action:

1. Leave it. - walk away, just let it be.
2. Change it. - if you have control over it, then stop whining and do something about it.
3. Accept it. - and if you have no control, face it, walk away and just BELIEVE in the things you want. I mean after all nothing we want comes that easily and without a bump or two in the road.

Its that simple and while it may seem frustrating, by choosing one of these three courses of action, you eliminate so much wasted time on being sad, depressed, and thinking NEGATIVELY. You can't control the everyday, all you can control is what you do, your actions and what you believe and at the end of the day, you just gotta keep sticking to what you believe and put it out there.

SOOOO there you have it, something small to leave you guys to think about. There really only are 3 choices and a whole lotta faith/belief in things/life you want :)

- A

2 comments:

  1. Good reminders. I like to also focus on what is directly in my path and step into it, one step at a time.

    peace out,

    donovan

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  2. Great post Arti! Well said:)!

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