Yesterday I was feeling some unexplained anxiety. Just an uncomfortable feeling kind of nagging at me. The problem was, the more I tried to explore the source of this feeling, the more anxious I became. As I was scrolling through my mental list of things that might be causing me anxiety, I realized that I was in the process of creating a problem that wasn't even there to begin with! We tend to do that, don't we? Why do we feel compelled to explore every negative feeling to get at the source? Some of us think we might be having a premonition of something bad that's about to happen, and start to think about what might happen...again, expanding the negative feelings we started out with. So yesterday, as I realized what I was doing, with the help of some of my tools, I stopped my thought process. I put on my headphones and listened to some upbeat music (I like using headphones because I feel like the music surrounds me) and before too long, I was feeling much better.
Well, this got me thinking. I don't ever recall searching for the source when I was feeling unexplained joy. When I feel joyous and happy, I just let it be! But what if I did explore my mental list of blessings? Would I be strengthening the positive feelings? Of course, the answer is yes. The best part about it is, you don't really need to have unexplained joy to scroll through your mental list of positive thoughts. You can do that right now! Joy is a decision! You can make the decision to be happy today, or even just for right now. You have the power to choose, every moment of every day, how you are going to feel. You don't have to allow a grumpy spouse or angry boss affect your mood...you can choose to let the moods of others float right by. So empowering! So the choice is yours...how will you feel today?
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