I know it's been forever since I published a post on serenity but life does get a little crazy sometimes.
In the past several months life has just gotten in the way of finding my towards serenity. My home life balance is out-of-whack, my work life balance is out-of-whack, my health balance is out-of-whack and it took until Thanksgiving for me to realize that it's absolutely exhausting.
I have always been the person who has a tendency to put others feelings and best interests first pushing my own to the side. For a while I stopped doing that but somehow it has crept back into my being. So what to do about this:
a) First and most importantly, it took some time but I recognized that behavior before it's spiraled out of control.
b) Now that I have recognized the issue and I can return to bringing balance back into my daily life.
As of today, as I write this blogpost I have taken back my ability to see me, put myself and my best interests in living a life that has meaning foremost in my mind.
I have found that there are times when negativity that surrounds me. I've chosen to no longer allow it to permeate my soul. Sometimes the best course of action is to remove yourself from the equation and that's what I'm choosing to do. I leave the room and walk away. I find my quiet place, deep breathe and remove the negativity from surrounding me. Is it hard to do, absolutely, because there are times when all I want to do is answer back, yell and try to get my point across. But, what I've learned is that when that much negative emotions swirl you stop listening and only react. Almost never a good option. So in that case it's best to remove myself instead.
I find it works for me, it may not solve the problem but neither will a shouting match so instead I just keep moving forward.
Life sometimes is really hard, day-to-day conflicts are draining, we watch entertainment, read books, meet up with friends, take long walks or even exercise to remove ourselves from our stressors, but at least once a day we need to quiet our minds.
Close your eyes, Move to a quiet spot, do a couple of deep, deep breathes and find a little bit of serenity to help you face the world on a daily basis.
