I have been dreading this day. Silently, in the back of my mind I have been worrying about it and planning around it and secretly wishing I could skip right over it.
From an outsider’s perspective, this day would seem like any other. Looking around, things appear to be pretty great – I am home with my amazing husband and sweet furry kids. I am writing. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. And yet, I have a dark cloud hovering over all of these wonderful parts of my life.
You know why? Because two weeks ago when I read my monthly horoscope, it said that today was going to be the worst day of the year for me. And I believed it. I allowed that one sentence to taint my entire day. I allowed one person’s opinion to cause me to worry and be afraid of my life.
I have been hypervigilant all day – watching over my dog to make sure she’s breathing normally. Wondering why my sweet cat wasn’t as active this morning. Each time I hear my husband make a sound from the other room, I wonder if he’s okay. I keep hoping that the phone doesn’t ring with bad news from one of my friends or family members. All because of one sentence. All because of one person’s opinion.
It’s so easy to give away our power like this, isn’t it?
It’s so easy to assume that someone else has the crystal ball over our own life. It’s so much easier to let someone else decide how our life is going to be rather than taking responsibility for our own life and making a decision to live it a certain way.
Right now, in this moment, I’m choosing to release all of this worry and fear. Whatever happens is going to happen. I am not in control of the future. I don’t have access to what’s to come. But what I can control is my present moment. And I have to say, my present moment is pretty great. So that’s where I choose to live. My husband is writing. I am writing. My sweet dog is outside sunbathing. My cats are watching the birds. The phone is silent. My afternoon smoothie is calling me. Life is good.
And that is the truth. This moment, right now, is a pretty great moment. And when all of these moments add up to create an entire day, I know that they will create a beautiful day – one of the best days.
That is what I will choose to focus on.
Can we all agree to do this? Can we all agree to let other people’s opinions be simply that and not allow them to infiltrate our lives? Can we all agree to remain vigilant and consciously create the lives that we want to live? Yes – I believe we can. Let’s do exactly that.
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I am having “one of those days”, too and just had to talk myself out of it. You’re right, it IS silly to ever give our power away and we can’t let the “power of suggestion” get to us!
Hi Julie,
I’m so glad you were able to talk yourself out of a bad day. It’s such an empowering way to live, isn’t it?
I am constantly reminding myself of this. 🙂
Jodi,
It’s timely that you mention this — giving others our own power. On the surface, while it seems foolish or silly to think that letting something like a horoscope get the best of us, it’s true that sometimes we can end up living what someone simply thinks or living out the opinion someone shares with us. Awesome post today, and, in my opinion, you have the power to give yourself permission to make this the best day of the month! Take care!
Thanks, Victor! These powers of suggestion can come from anywhere – and it’s so important to stay conscious and decide to live our own life. This day has been pretty wonderful, actually. And I was thinking that *if* this is as bad as it gets, this year is going to be amazing! 🙂
Great consciousness on your part, Jodi! Yes, other people’s opinions are just their take with their biases. We can hold our own vision of our own Truth. Thank you, as always, for your authenticity and openness in sharing.
Thanks, Alice! I love your line: We can hold our own vision of our own Truth.
Exactly! And like we talked about the other day, my present moment is actually a pretty great place. I think I’ll stay here for awhile. 🙂 Love to you!
Great post Jodi. It’s so easy to do isn’t it…to accept what someone says, or we read in a newspaper, without even being aware we’ve done it. And vigilance is key. I’m training my mind to only pay attention to the lovely things I want. It’s a daily thing. 🙂
Thanks, Elle. 🙂 You’re so right that being vigilant about where our mind is going is what it’s all about. I’m reading You Can Create an Exceptional Life by Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson right now, which is all about this very topic. Steering ourselves toward what we want to be focusing on is key.
Yes, we can agree! I’m in!
I also LOVE the image/saying you have there about living in the present moment. It’s exactly what my focus has been recently, er, right now. 😉
I’m soooo glad to have discovered you!
And here’s to you having a really super wonderful day!
I’m so glad you’re in, too, Patti! 🙂
Yes, it’s really all about living in the present, isn’t it? Usually, our present moment is pretty darn good. It’s only when our minds start moving out of it that the problems start to show up.
I’m so grateful for our connection! Thank you, Angela, for bringing us together! (Although I think we would’ve found each other one way or another…) 🙂
We all have ‘Choice’ Jodi,
Maybe choose not to read your Horror-scope?
be good to yourself
David
Thanks, David!
We definitely do have many choices, and it’s so empowering to realize that and act on them.
I’ll still check my horoscope – but I’ll pick and choose what I want to take in. Only the good! 🙂
The worst day of your year – Tax Day? So order a cheap pizza, paint your nails a hideous color (or your husband’s let him share in this baddest day) and watch tv news shows for a couple of hours… Pretty bad. At the end of this ‘horrible’ day, shower, take something for your upset tummy, and grab the cotton balls and polish remover. Rejoice – you know you have more control over things than a few words possibly written by someone who hates to fill out tax forms… (even I am learning life is what you make it).
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Jodi the most important in life its to be positive no matter what is coming.every worst things in our life is always following by a good things .your worst day can be the normal day of someone day ,until you are alive and still have the power of thinking and change what ever you can then forget about the bad day
your post was very great and i liked
may i share with you some articles about postive thoughts
http://www.flowmagazine.gr/article/view/giati_h_thetikh_skepsh_allazei_tis_zwes_twn_anthrwpwn/category/personal_development
Whoever wrote the horoscope for that day must have been picking up on all the negative energy of tax day. At least that’s my take on it. Dwelling on bad joojoo is akin to opening an umbrella inside the house. It’s superstition because it causes fear to replace faith without any physical evidence prompting us to do so.
I had a tarot card reading recently, something I have never believed in or opened myself up to before, but it was a close friend wanting to share her spiritual gifts with me so I participated in the session. The reading revealed some amazing things—and a couple of not so amazing things. Of course I took the not so amazing things away with me being the cheery soul that I am. LOL!!
So, I gave a piece of myself away by allowing somebody else to paint on my canvas. Now I have to lay that stuff down and just live my life well and have faith that my strength and joy are sufficient for each day. Your blog contributes to my faith and joy.
It’s tomorrow already;)
Love,
Leah