Month: March 2020

Prevailing paradigms.
 Like the winds of the same name.

Prevailing paradigms are our fundamental thought patterns. They are consistent. They are firmly rooted in your brain and your actions from many years of mindlessly having the same thoughts and doing the same actions. Going through the motions. Over and over. No thinking, just doing. It’s kind of like a Groundhog Day rut. Or the grooves of a record, They always play the same thing. Think about how you take a shower. Grab the soap, start on the same body part. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Just observe yourself, I bet it’s the same routine daily.  Have you ever pulled into the driveway and realized you weren’t paying attention during your drive home?  How did I get here?         That’s how our thinking can be. Autopilot.

    If this works for you, then, great! You might be in a place that your life in every way is just perfect for you at this time! Then Woooooo! Keep it up! 

If there is something in your life that you’d like to experience differently than you currently are, this is where it starts.  With your thoughts.   Here’s a little game  –  It’s called ‘Notice what you’re Noticing’.   Note that there is always thinking going on. Be aware of what these thoughts are, and change, or declutter, those thoughts that no longer serve you.  It doesn’t have to be a big change. ‘The journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step’ – Lao Tzu.

Simple. Right?  Easy? Not so much!
They’ve been in place for a long time, but it can be done. 

      The question of the day is…..
How important is it for you to create this change?
During this downtime, it might be an opportunity
to create a life that mirrors what you envision.
Ready to become the new you and your new way of being?

Just sayin’

Days of darkness? How ‘bout you be the light. We all know the stories of people who endured tremendous pain, unimaginable darkness and are still considered to be beacons of light. You may have heard of Anne Frank, Viktor Frankl, Nelson Mandela, Why them?  They wrote about it. And we’ve been asked to sit around and watch TV, read and play cards for a couple weeks.

There are many in our midst who, with their peace and their positive focus have endured what others might be considered horrendous times. They didn’t say anything, just put their heads down and got to work, living.

Guess what? We can be them if we let ourselves be. This is something that is happening around us. It is not us. It is not us!

     There will be time to get back to working 60+ hours a week.          There will be time to get back to sitting in traffic.               There will be time for being stressed.

The markets will eventually rebound, sports and music will return, there will be plenty of toilet paper, and this will be relegated to a “remember when?”

How ‘bout we make the most of the situation we’ve been handed. Embrace the time off. Embrace your family. Embrace yourself. Embrace your neighbor -from 6 feet away.      

With a little effort, we can turn this adventure into a blessing so large it’s hard to measure.   Turn that outer exasperation into inner peace.

And we will absolutely come out the other side better for having been through this.                Just sayin.