Sometimes we find ourselves in a situation we don't quite like and we freak out in panic, more or less, though there is really nothing to it once we calm down. I was in such a situation this morning. I had to get ready to go out. My hair still looked a mess, no make-up done when I noticed how I was running around in a frenzy, totally stressed, and I never even had my breakfast!
Then I suddenly thought: Hey ho! What can I do? I became aware that I was the only one who had put me under pressure knowing I had to be ready to leave at a certain time. Then it occurred to me, that it would take me the same amount of time to get ready whether I am stressed or not! That was the point of return though, when I realized that all it was, was, that my mind was playing pants! What a surprise once more, that I (innocently) created all the stress and uncomfortable feelings myself and - once realized - how it dissolved (at times directly into laughter :)
As Jack Pransky writes in his book "Somebody Should Have Told Us!", why has nobody told me that I think and that thoughts create feelings?? It's too simple to be noticed but we all know it from day one until we forget and then we have to realize it again on a much deeper level for it to make a difference.... And when you find yourself saying: "And? So what?", you are missing it, like I did for many years! The difference lies in a powerful understanding of how life works before we can have an idea, a concept or beliefs about it. All we need to do is wake up, again and again...
Then I suddenly thought: Hey ho! What can I do? I became aware that I was the only one who had put me under pressure knowing I had to be ready to leave at a certain time. Then it occurred to me, that it would take me the same amount of time to get ready whether I am stressed or not! That was the point of return though, when I realized that all it was, was, that my mind was playing pants! What a surprise once more, that I (innocently) created all the stress and uncomfortable feelings myself and - once realized - how it dissolved (at times directly into laughter :)
As Jack Pransky writes in his book "Somebody Should Have Told Us!", why has nobody told me that I think and that thoughts create feelings?? It's too simple to be noticed but we all know it from day one until we forget and then we have to realize it again on a much deeper level for it to make a difference.... And when you find yourself saying: "And? So what?", you are missing it, like I did for many years! The difference lies in a powerful understanding of how life works before we can have an idea, a concept or beliefs about it. All we need to do is wake up, again and again...
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