I M Perfect lady

"If you focus on what you have, you gain what you lack. And, if you focus on what lack, you lose what you have."  Greg McKeown (on Tim Ferris's podcast)

Greg and Tim were talking about gratitude – on being grateful for what is in our lives right now.

Especially when things are not going according to plan.

To not get swept up in the worst case scenario thoughts our minds love to play with. But instead to see, really see, what is in your lives in this moment in time.

Right here, right now, as they are.

In another part of their conversation they talked about the weight of things we carry with us; in our minds and hearts.

Heavy things – like unresolved relationships, or resentments, anger etc.

We don't realize how much these things use up our energy and vitality.

I sat with that.

Trying to feel my body to see where I may still carry things I need to put down.

Things that are not mine to carry.

Or, things I carry because I didn't get to resolve them in the manner I would have liked.

These things will show up as anger, stress, worry, etc.

Holding on to resentments weigh you down and make it harder to live lightly.

With a light heart.

I am going to pay attention to where my mind goes and what slurps up my energy with unsettled thoughts in my mind.

We are responsible for the energy we bring in the room, as Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor says, but we are also responsible for the energy we carry with us.

I want to carry more thoughts, and images, and good energy, of the things that make my heart sing, and less sorrows and weight, of things I cannot change.

I am responsible for how my insides feel.

I notice when toxic thoughts and energies are inside of me.

I work to find ways in calming them down and removing them.

Mostly I have learned that, "When I believe my thoughts, I suffer…" as Byron Katie says.

Especially if those thoughts are not true in reality.

I lived a very weighted life for many many years.  

I am so ever grateful for the way my insides feel inside.

Each time you can remove a stressful thought, or drop a resentment; you rise and live a lighter life.

I am not sure I ever thought of thoughts having a weight to them

But, even if we can't physically weigh them, they will make our lives feel heavy.

Our bodies feel less energetic.

I am going to keep my eye out for things that weigh me down.

And, more seek things that make me feel lighter!

I am responsible for my inner energy.