Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
John Maxwell
If you think about it, how many times do you tell a story over and over? Something happens and we need to relive a moment over and over, sometimes we tell that same story for years. A large part of our day is about reaction. It’s human nature right? That’s where we get good stories, sad stories and filler. We get the stories from our reactions to what has happened to us. It just puts things in perspective for me.
So much of our lives isn’t even about the moment. Can we change that? I think we can. But like anything we must first acknowledge the way it is. We have to first see that our reaction to something begins its own life that takes us away from the moment. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have reactions; I’m saying that our reactions shouldn’t own us. If we can get back to the moment, we are more effective and we can have more clarity. The moment provides us an opportunity to show up differently. The minute we choose to take something that has happened and react in a way that distracts us, we lose the opportunity to be present. Today do one thing at a time. Practice being in the present, no matter what happens, stay in the moment….moment to moment.
Today I am grateful for this new opportunity to work with people to help overcome their fears.
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