Shifting perspective shifts energy
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For most of us, each day is full — there’s work to do, family and friends to interact with, there are time-sensitive matters that arise, and external events compete for our attention.
It is easy to feel scattered, easy to focus on others and local and world events, easy to feel pulled into drama that is not ours.
When this happens to me, as has often been the case lately, I remind myself of a few things. They may be helpful for you.
We each have limited control
While it is tempting to try and control, or fix, or change things that concern us, we can only control ourselves.
We can make suggestions, offer to help, look into resources, and listen with an open heart.
But we cannot control the actions another person or group will take. Nor can we control their emotions.
The key is to stay focused on the control we have:
for the lens through which we choose to see things
for the responses we choose to bring to a given situation
to consider what lesson we can learn
to consider how a situation is here for us
to send loving energy to others
to hold love for ourselves.
We always have the opportunity to create
Even when tension runs high, it is possible to create a response rather than default to anger, fear, disappointment, anxiety or bitterness.
How?
Create a few quiet moments to breathe, connect to your heart, and get grounded.
Create some questions about what other ways you can consider to see the situation.
Create new thoughts to anchor to, that are supportive and calm.
Create a new next action to take that serves you and helps, if there is help to offer.
Create peace in yourself when you have done the best you can, or at times where you have no opportunity to effect change.
The bottom line
We can each only live our own life. And that is powerful!
There is unlimited potential to harness that power and and there are unlimited ways to use it.
When you take ownership of your thoughts, your responses, and the actions you take, you build strength.
You are a powerful creator of a life that is focused, resilient, and self-loving.
Your strength, in turn, allows you to do the most good, no matter what is happening around you.
And, to reach a state where you can stand in your power in the midst of whatever daily events show up, takes time, practice and patience.
It happens one small step at a time.
