Thank you for another thoughtful and thought provoking start to the week. I had a moment this weekend where I believed I had no choice. If I didn’t forge ahead, everyone around me would be disappointed, unhappy, stressed. So I did the thing and fought it the whole way, making myself and others miserable. And in retrospect, I realize, that was still my choice. To be anxious and miserable, but a choice nonetheless. So, if I had seen the moment for what it was - a decision point - there are so many better choices I could have made. A STOP or a mindful moment would have helped immensely. I might have seen that the only control I had was to make a different choice.
Thank you for another thoughtful and thought provoking start to the week. I had a moment this weekend where I believed I had no choice. If I didn’t forge ahead, everyone around me would be disappointed, unhappy, stressed. So I did the thing and fought it the whole way, making myself and others miserable. And in retrospect, I realize, that was still my choice. To be anxious and miserable, but a choice nonetheless. So, if I had seen the moment for what it was - a decision point - there are so many better choices I could have made. A STOP or a mindful moment would have helped immensely. I might have seen that the only control I had was to make a different choice.