Life today just seems to that much more hectic than before. Sometimes I find myself wondering why I appear to be at the mercy of the things that other people do. And as soon as I let thoughts like that enter my mind, I unwittingly allow them to gain momentum. And suddenly these things that I can do absolutely nothing about become larger than life. In fact, some seem to get lives of their own.
It is at these times, that I have taught myself to consciously stop; to quiet the rumbling inside my head. To take stock of what it is exactly that is causing me such concern.
And in these moments of quiet consciousness, I can see the thoughts that are drowning me for what they really are. I am wasting time and energy on things over which I have no control. Wasting my positive energy on things that are simply outside of any area of influence that I may have. Things that I cannot change.
And it is by acknowledging that there are, indeed, things in life that I cannot change that I have grown to where I can stop and acknowledge whatever it is for whatever it is. And then I can move along to tackle something that I can change.
Today, refuse to stay in the prison you unwittingly create by expending energy on those things you can do nothing about. Instead, focus all that great positive energy on things that you can do to change your life!