It has been a re-occuring theme for me these past few months...anger. Mine, my families and now my friends. Something is going on, surely we can't all be losing the plot!
Over the years I have learnt (sometimes the hard way) to take an emotion and work it through to it's conclusion. To feel the emotion, to list where, when and by whom it seems to be created and then acknowledge that at the end of it all, it ultimately comes back to me. A toughie to sometimes fully accept, but nevertheless the truth.
It is so easy to stay stuck halfway through the cycle, where we blame something or someone outside of ourselves for what it going on in our lives, the truth?...it is never really about them, it is about us. Anything and everything that happens is always only ever at it's core about us and that's a good thing. When we make it about someone else we immediately give away our power, we become victims to circumstance rather than masters of our own destiny.
In those moments we always have a choice as to how we view things. Are we victims or in charge?Is something a drama or a do-over? a chance to make changes.
Our emotions are our guidance system to alert us as to where we are on our life's journey. Happiness, joy and love let us know that we are right where we want to be. Anger, jealousy and hopelessness are indicators that we are off track. The great thing is that nothing lasts forever, change, whether we like it or not, is always iminent, so do we role with the changes and welcome in the new or do we try and cling on in vain to what is?
Your anger, your fears, your low moments are all just ways of life telling you that it's time for a do-over should you choose to accept the invitation, that is your choice alone, always has been and always will be and rest assured there will always be an invitation to make that choice and in a world that is experiencing great change on many levels and is in a state of flux, we are feeling those changes more each day and what is going on in the world is mirrored in our personal lives one way or another. For some it's health issues, for others it may be financial or relational.
So when you start to feel stressed or upset by an incident, take a moment to acknowledge that if you let it, it's here to be your friend and guide you towards what's next in your life.
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