I Can’t Complain
My 24 hour challenge. I was randomly scrolling through some inspirational quotes, when I came across this quote below. This sounded so amazingly easy, so I decided to challenge myself. It was in the start of the school holidays, and I had a cold. What better time to start??!! My children were with me and they decided to keep an eye on me so that I didn’t cheat. I immediately noticed how my mindset changed when I started this challenge, I felt more positive and my mind seemed really clear.There was no tension thud in the middle of my forehead, I thought about the things I was thinking and tried to turn it around into a positive angle. For example I was driving along a road observing the speed limit, and a driver came along and cut me up. Normally there would be a stream of expletives at this driver from myself, but remembering my task, I thought why did the driver cut me up? I was driving slower than they were, no, because I was within the speed limit, So I concluded that they needed to get to their destination quicker. That is my excuse and Iy am sticking to it! That kind of thinking soothed my mind. If I thought that the driver was irresponsible, that it would of caused that dull ache to occur in my head.mind, it didn’t matter if it wasn’t true, As I overcame that hurdle, I thought Yes! I can do this, I just need to keep focused. Next hurdle please! If I ever thought that this was going to easy, life brought me to my senses, because I did it, I complained!!!! It happened when my son showed me his school report, don’t get me wrong it was really good, but some comments had value. In one of his subjects his report was glowing, and the comments that was made were the same issues that he lacked in other subjects. This I pointed out to him, and started to complain that he needed to make more of an effort, then I realised what I did. Laugh it off, chastise myself. Start again!! I was really disappointed with myself as I had already dealt with a wrong lunch order calmly, just moments before, but I felt so good previously I decided to start again for another 24 hours, as it wasn’t really a chore and I liked feeling good. However I complained again, I wasn’t annoyed with myself, it was so easy to slip into old ways. I wasn’t going to be beaten, I restarted again luckily it was nearly eight o’clock. I had a nights sleep to eat up the majority of my hours.This worked, I completed my 24 hours of non complaining. Yeah!!! There were things that I did notice, I did have a cold when I was doing this, and every time my children asked me how I was feeling, I answered “ Can’t complain I feel really good” I didn’t, I was lethargic, my head was hurting, I had a sore throat and the cough was irritating my sides. But saying I felt good made me think, I could be much worse, I could be suffering from a serious illness; and there are people out there worse off than me. So in the grand scheme of things yes I was feeling really good. Did my life change? Yes I noticed that not complaining put me in a better mood, view life differently, I even noticed I was getting offers, I didn’t expect. For example at the cinema our drinks were unexpectedly upgraded and I didn’t have to pay extra. Bonus! It is now the next day, I can complain as much as I like and I did. The thing I complained about the most was my cold, and although my symptoms haven’t changed, I feel worse today than I did yesterday when I wasn’t complaining. It was like the more I complained the worse I felt, I really played the sick card with this cold. It is amazing what not complaining can do to your body and mind, my head was clearer and my cold didn’t bother me. I am quite happy with those results. I think another 24 hours of non complaining is needed. See if you can do the challenge. Relaxation Reiki.
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Self love.
At this time of year, where there is “love in the air”. All around there are promotions everywhere about love and lovers. But what about all those who are single, and are looking for love and have been searching for a long time, but to no avail. For those meeting unsuitable partners who do not compliment them, and are emotionally draining, this time of year can be less than welcome. If you are attracting the wrong sort of partner, and they have left you in a shell of your former self. Take time to heal, before searching again. In taking the first step in your journey, start with self love. What is self love? Self love is exactly what it says on the tin, it is loving yourself, loving who you are as a person. If you are constantly putting yourself down, have low self esteem, or have no confidence in yourself, then you do not have self love. One piece of advice I found useful in loving yourself was to; Think of the person that you are at the moment, now as a stranger would you go out with someone like you. Are you the type of person you would go out with? If the answer is no, then some work on yourself is required. You have to think about what it is about yourself that you are not happy about, then begin the process of self love. If you are lucky and you are the person you would be happy to go out with, do not sit on your laurels, there is still work for you to do. You need to protect yourself from people you would want to change you and make you a lesser person. Constantly remind yourself of the person you want to be, you will attract people like you. Valentine’s Day should be a day that reminds us that love isn’t just between two people but for everyone to embrace. |
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