If your mind is uncomfortable with something, it will not be easy to do, at least initially. Keep going. Do stop, don’t give up just yet.
It will get easier and much easier.
Every day, one story, with each story a new plan that carries over from the last post. Each post is very short. If at the end of each post, you can identify the action step, Excellent job; the goal has been accomplished.
Now let's begin
Look at yourself and consider where you are now in life. No, really, sit down and look at yourself. You don’t need a mirror for this exercise; that is not what I meant.
Try this instead: sit down, somewhere peaceful, somewhere quiet, try being alone. It could be a park, a noisy subway, or a busy airport, your choice. When you find that place, just sit down.
Close your eyes or leave them open, the choice is complete and yours. Take a breath in, then breathe out. Breathe in the new connection to life’s consciousness. Breathe out the past and let it go. Breathe in again and as you do, look back on all that you have done, good or bad.
Breathe it out, all the pain from yesterday, all the miseries from the day before, for all those hurt, breathe them out, then let them go.
Now that's done.. here we go.
Listening to wise gurus, monks, priests, your therapist, your spiritual leaders, is great; they all mean well, all of them have been through a phase (all the great ones). All of them were broken down into pieces ( if you understand), then moulded into something new.
Maybe not something new, they were always themselves, they were able to find their truth, they were able to unlock their fullest potential. Ask them, I am sure whoever is willing to tell, if you are willing to listen, the stories you hear, you will be amazed.
taking Action
You will be amazed because all it took for their lives to change was one day; they sat down. Looked back and accepted themselves then, as painful and as hard as that was, they “emptied that cup, and started new.”
I wonder what starting new means for you.
Can I explain…