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Making the wrong choice

Today I proved to myself — yet again! — just how important it is to stay focused on the positive: affirming my goals; noticing what’s working; thinking good thoughts; and doing things that raise my energy.

How did I prove it? By doing the exact opposite and watching myself get bogged down in negativity: stewing over my problems; noticing what wasn’t working; thinking worry thoughts; and doing things that lowered my energy.

I let the actions and/or omissions of a couple of people get under my skin; complained about it to several friends; and proceeded to fret over it throughout the day.

The end result was that I felt agitated and restless; got hardly anything accomplished; and ended the day in a mood!

I know this already, yet I still forget sometimes just how crucial it is to keep my thoughts and energies high and uplifted.

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On worrying

This one’s for my hubby, Ramesha. And me, too, of course. We’re both working on remembering that worrying and stressing about things never ever leads us to the superconscious solutions we seek.

So, time for some wisdom from Mary Oliver.

I Worried
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?

Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?

Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.

Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?

Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.
—by Mary Oliver