Have you ever had such an intense dream that you woke up infuriated with your spouse or friend? Even though you clearly knew it was a dream.. you still woke up mad or upset, and though you didn't think you were.. you held it against him or her for the entire day? Just think! The majority of your day you spent upset or dwelling over something that never actually happened, but yet you let it affect your mind, your mood and possibly others around you. Our minds are so powerful that we can make ourselves believe in anything we want too.. it is how we reach our goals, it is how we talk ourselves into situations or even out of them and even sometimes, it is also how we weaken our mental health. We let our minds become weak sometimes because of emotions, and after you let your mind grow weak its like the old saying "you either use or loose it". There are days where you feel unstoppable and maybe even checked off a whole "to do list" around the house or at work, and than there is days were you just don't feel as motivated, you don't care about that list even though you know it needs to be done and you push it off another day in hopes that you will conquer it tomorrow! Only you can decide that next day that YOU are going to do it, so tell yourself something positive, and think about yourself for a minute, think about everything you did when you checked off that "to do list" and even more that one time.. know and remember what your capable of, and use it as motivation. One of my favorite sayings that helps me get motivated is "One day at a time" It is really important sometimes to slow your mind down, and just focus on one thing at a time even with distraction, we have to practice bringing our minds back to the present situation.
One thing I have always struggled with is opening up to people, and or saying how I feel in the present moment, I could think of a hundred times that if I would have just said what I felt.. I would not have let it eat me up inside and ruin a few of my days. It is actually funny because I am quite a vocal person, I am very loud and outgoing, and at times say too much.. because that's who I am. But yet when it is something that emotionally interrupts my mind I just couldn't find any words to say, or have the courage to talk about it. Why do we do that? Usually I would go home and dwell and overthink the worst case scenario, meanwhile this other person has no idea that I am feeling this way. This was and still is a weakness of mine and is something I work on every day, I try not to let things shut me down like they used too because that's not who I am or who I want to be. Mind over Matter is so very important to work on every day for your well being. Emotions are everywhere, every person you pass, everyone you surround yourself with. Your surrounding tribe is the most important, be around people who bring out the best in you, that don't judge or misguide you. because just like a lucid dream you can not let that control your character, your narrative or your environment, your story.. your dream! We are officially half way thru the year.. and with a new year approaching, how many of you can honestly say that you kept your "New Year, New Me", basic resolution? I didn't.. But its not too late to defeat your resolution, and get back up and finish off the year strong! Trust your gut and think about the things you are interested in changing, and goals you want to reach and set them now. Do the best you can do, adulting is hard sometimes but just remember paying your bills doesn't make you and adult nor does eating cereal for dinner sometimes mean that you are not an adult.. Just do you, write your own rules because "this too shall pass".
