Beth's Ponderings
Ever feel like your
life is going from one extreme to another?
Swinging madly back and forth?
Being strongly pulled from one direction to another?
I know I sure feel
like that at times, especially regarding my health journey, as it seems like I
go from flat on my back unable to do anything to having to cram so much into
one day as I spent too many days flat on my back doing nothing.
This wildly
swinging pendulum effect is generally a result of us “reacting” to what appears
in our lives instead of “responding” to it.
Following the
recent election, we had a lot of people reacting to the results. The knee-jerk reactions covered a whole gamut
of feelings and emotions and some wild solutions. (For the record, separation from Canada
is not a viable option for a land-locked province like Alberta ).
Yet, the only way
to truly find solutions - no matter what situations we find ourselves in - and
move forward in a constructive manner is to “respond” to the situation. This involves slowing down, breathing deeply,
and looking at the situation from MANY different angles, not the most obvious
fear-based one.
Most of us would
agree, especially in this go-go-go culture we now live in, that we desire more
balance in our lives, and we tend to think of that ideal balance in visual
terms as a perfectly horizontal plane, yet what we really desire is being more
centred - ie, the pendulum isn’t swinging back and forth, or like a calm body
of water with barely noticeable ripples instead of wild waves. Once we are centred, and aren’t being pulled
in all directions, we can truly see where we are and what our next move should
be.
Beth
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