A triggering situation occurred and my first response was shock, then anger, then irritation as my brain went to the default; ‘why does this always happen to me? Why are we here again??” and within the 24 hours I’m still in, I got to my favorite part. The part I’ve trained my mind, body and soul to always lead me too; The part of me that stops to fuel the circus of a situation. The reasoning is simple enough - whatever has upset me has taken up more space than I’m willing to give for free. It’s soured my day, it’s kept me from doing what I want & need. I hate being taken away from what actually deserves my attention and energy. And those are sacred to me. So, I decided to let that ish GO. Just like that. Starve it in my mind, remind myself these are not my monkeys and if the situation requires actions, I’ll gladly take them when we cross that bridge. That was 9 hours of my mind spinning around those one situation like a caged animal when I put myself here. And I’m not above feeling, I’m just above letting the trivial rent space in me for free.
So, remember that your peace is not conditional. Your joy is not transactional.