what makes you go off center?

I have come to believe that there are only two kinds of experiences in life: those that stem from our Higher Self and those that have something to teach us. We recognize the first as pure joy and the latter as struggle. But they are both perfect. Each time we confront some intense difficulty, we know there is something we haven’t learned yet, and the universe is now giving us the opportunity to learn.
Susan Jeffers

Today I am getting on a plane to Louisiana. I’m going to see my whole family and extended family. It’s a Sibille family reunion. I’m looking forward to shifting gears and connecting with people I haven’t seen in years. I’m excited.

Yesterday was quite an up and down day. I was on the phone with customer service for a couple hours and I got to get experience some anger that I haven’t experienced in a long time. I felt like I wasn’t being heard and I pretty much freaked. Obviously it wasn’t about Verizon. It tapped into something and when it did I was enraged. Does that happen to you? Do you have reactions to things that are way over scale for what happened? The next thing I did was think about anything else that doesn’t work in my life and then make that wrong. Within minutes I was so mad and everything was wrong. I haven’t done this in a while and I surely haven’t missed it. But I felt like I must write about it. I know I have something to learn and by sharing it maybe you will to. I was able to capture a moment where I was triggered by being put on hold and hung up on. I turned that into such anger for many things that my mind created so quickly that I couldn’t even keep up. Luckily I have a support system to pull me out so that by the time I got a ticket a little while later I actually was ok and didn’t explode.
Our minds are powerful and can’t take us on a ride that we don’t necessarily want to go on. This is why your center is so important. If you keep moving so fast then you might not know where your center is. Stop and find the peace within you. When you know what that’s like then these other places will not be where you want to hang out. You will get upset but how long are you going to stay that way? How many things and people are you going to make wrong in the process?

Today I am grateful that I am in a peaceful place.