Welcome the present moment as an invited guest.
—Calm App Reflection
Image from Unsplash by Felicia Buitenwerf
What is your typical mood and attitude in the following situations? These are examples of positive and negative “creative tension.”
- Friday afternoons, heading into the weekend
- Sunday nights, before a busy week at work
- Packing for an upcoming vacation
- Heading to your doctor for medical testing
- Getting a clean bill of health after a physical
- Doing your taxes
- Learning you’re getting a sizable refund on your taxes
When we have seemingly positive events in our future we’re up, and when impending negative situations loom, we’re down.
What about all of those in-between moments that seem rather bland or neutral?
EXERCISE:
How can you improve your mood and shift your attitude by welcoming more of the moments of your life?
A friend of mine uses the phrase It’s All Good to express his daily appreciation of simply being alive.
I often can hear my mother’s comforting words…”this too shall pass” during the down times.