It really can be that simple if you want it to be. We spend so much time planning stuff, wanting to do things and all that kind of crap that we tend to become overwhelmed by everything. Or maybe I am speaking for myself because I know that there are some big things that I want to do so I have plans and lists as long as my arms and legs, which isn’t that long really and I am constantly wondering when and how things are going to work out that I lost sight of me and what I really wanted in life.

You know, for all I know, I could get hit but a fucking bus on the way home tonight and then what ? What the feck will I have to show for all this supposed hard work that I have been putting in lately and I am sure some of you have seen some of it, and I know that some of you have read about some of it it. And that was why I decided that this year, rather than set goals and stuff, I was just going to DO things and do them differently. It was challenging at first – very challenging to be honest – but I am now beginning to get used to it and thought that it would be cool if I shared some stuff that has really HELPED me a huge amount.

Some of you will read this and say “yeah, I know that stuff already” and I have done that so many times in the past – read something and thought “yup, I know that” and carried on. But this time, I thought I would DO something differently because I read something else not too long ago that I really loved because I know I have been guilty of it – I read a book and expect things to miraculously change in my life, all the while, I aint doing sweet fuck all differently ! So this time around, when I was reading what I was reading, I challenged myself to actually DO more of the shit I read instead.

SO I am going to share with you the first simple step today and see if you take the time to do it rather than just read it. Don’t say “oh I know that one and I do it” and things like that, just sit back and really do it this time.

The first step is this – anything you resist in your life will persist and get stronger. You know what I am talking about right ? You feel depressed or angry or frustrated because something is not going the way you want it. You don’t want to feel that way because it doesn’t feel good, so you try and pretend to feel something else or challenge yourself with a bit of self-talk like “oh, when did I decide to feel this or that way” and therefore, you “change your mind” and are miraculously no longer angry or frustrated or depressed. Yet somehow, it keeps knocking at your door and getting stronger and stronger, no matter how much you try to “pretend to feel something else.” I was doing this myself recently – really forcing myself to not truly acknowledge how I was feeling deep down inside and making myself believe that I did not need to feel that way. It was frustrating and made me feel worse and no matter how hard I tried, it just would not go away.

So I read this, and my first reaction was “yes, I know all about that stuff” and that was when I caught myself. Sometimes, we get so caught up in the details and supposedly serious stuff, that we forget about the small basic things that we learnt right at the beginning. When I acknowledge what I am feeling and truly allow myself to feel it, only then do I give myself back the power to move on. No ulterior motives. No underlying intentions. Just truly feel what you are feeling because that is what it is there for – to feel and to teach you something. When you try to put it off and do something else instead, you are denying that which has been given to yoou to make you into something else.

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