Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Today has been a mentally tough day for me. Nothing specific has happened to cause my low mood. I woke up like this and it has persisted throughout the day. I know it will pass, and for today I accept I am operating at a much lower vibration than normal. It happens.
It’s been cloudy and cold almost the entire day. Late this afternoon it rained just a bit. I planned on sleeping in this morning but that didn’t happen when my mind went to my dog Keeper. When I think of her final moments I get claustrophobic, and I have to get up and move around or I swear I will go crazy. Maybe I am already crazy. Joke…kind of.
I spent too much time in articles, discourses, and threads of the happenings of the world, the state of my country, the violence of people, one to another. A couple of hours of that this morning pretty much did me in. Big problems with serious consequences. So what is the answer?
Maybe it would be good to start with everyone looking themselves in the mirror, and each person work on becoming the best person he or she can be? Forget about what anyone else is or is not doing. Focus on the man or woman in the mirror. And honestly, until each person can “walk on water” we, as individuals, could try being very hesitant to point fingers, cast blame, judge, ridicule, attack, tear down, destroy, or kill someone else.
I have more work to do on myself to become the man I want to be in this world than I have lifetime left to do it in. More heart, more love, more compassion, more kindness, more generosity, more understanding. Can anyone ever say he has maxed himself out in these things toward another? Who is your model? Who is your example? What is your standard? What is your endpoint of achievement? Are you actually there? I’m not.
For me, it seems this world would be better if more people were concerned about making themselves into better humans, rather than people trying to make other humans into the people they think someone should be. Somewhere respect for each other, for our shared humanity, has been lost, misplaced, or forgotten. It makes me sad.
Tomorrow is a new day to try to get it right.
Chau.
I hear you Todd. We all have to try to be a better person than we are. I beat my self up but my faith gets me up. This is a struggling world. It is advancing towards evil but I know who is going to win. I pick up the Bible and it tells me the beginning of time and the end Of what will be. My time in life is getting on and I want to be a better person to all the people. We all need to love one another. All of our blood is red. Love thy neighbour as thy self. You are a good man Todd with a precious Family. Take care, things will fall into place.
Thanks Gayla. Love and forgiveness of oneself helps to do the same to others.
Love this post….
Hugs Dodie 🙂
Todd…I identified with this one! Not the freezing cold part though…just the time needed to grieve and adjust to a new life after the earthquake. It’s still sinking in, and even though I chide myself that I have so much to be grateful for, I have down and low energy days. More than I think I “should” have…and I just have to be patient, sit with it and go ride my bicycle!
You are right Miriam. Good for you riding your bike…a mind, body, and emotion rhythm to help center and re-focus. It’s been a challenge since the quake, and I want to say again…we all have done a hell of a great job keeping our lives running in a good way. Blessings to you and Dave!
Todd,
You sound like a wonderful person. I suggest that you learn. TM, Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Learn more by going to http://www.TM.org or doing a search on …The David Lynch Foundation.
Moody days will fall away and you will have a tool in your Life Coach tool box which will make all your other tools actually work.
All The Best!
Charlie
Appreciate that Charlie. I have enjoyed meditation in the past when I was consistent with it. Thanks for the link! And thanks for reading.