MerrY Monday! This week let’s LIGHTEN up a bit…Cause
on January 11th, 2010 at 4:42 am
Life is just 2 short…
Hey passengers, let’s make this a Merry Monday and a positive week! And join me in trying to remember more and more each day to lighten up and not take ourselves 2 seriously. Ever since I got really sick (but recovered) I’ve realized that life is really short. We are WAY to uptight sometimes.
One of the major causes of stress is worrying about things that are out of our control. Let’s commit together to learn to recognize these things. If we can’t truly do anything about them, then just let them go. More and more I am taking the time to laugh at myself and the situations I’ve found myself in (and boy do I have a lot of material!).
Laughter is a powerful, positive medicine and the calmer and more peaceful you can take things, the happier your life will be.
Be (my) yourself. You can’t please everybody. Don’t let criticism worry you. Don’t compare yourself to other people – at work or in your personal life. In the first place, no one knows what other people are going through. More importantly, when you compare yourself to other people, you always tend to see yourself on the “short end”. So this is never a good or helpful thing for you to do.
I’m learning all the time to get in touch with myself through journaling (my blog, the LiFeTrain). Give it a try, the goal is to open up completely to yourself and learn to be your best friend by knowing that the truth (to yourself) will set you free from fear! Practice self-acceptance no matter what. Never do something you’re not comfortable with. You’ll respect yourself for sticking to your guns, and that self-respect will make you happy.
So what if you fall flat on your face? Or get spinach stuck in your teeth? Learn to laugh at yourself both when it happens and afterwards. Turn it into a funny story that you can share with others. It lets them know that you’re not perfect and makes you feel more at ease, too.
Merry Monday guys…All Aboard…The LiFeTrain