Feeling trapped?
Feeling limited?
Feeling down?
Feeling overwhelmed by it all?
It’s now about a year that all of our lives have been ambushed by this virus.
How are you coping?
Are you doing okay?
First of all, I hope you are all in good health.
But even in good health,
it is emotionally and mentally hard for most people as:
you can’t get together with the people you normally get together with,
you can’t go to work as you used to do,
you can’t travel,
you can’t go to restaurants,
you are restricted in a lot of things in your life.
That can be overwhelming and depressing.
That’s true,
but only if you let it be.
As you can’t change the rules and the restrictions the government decided upon,
you have to look for the things you do have a say in.
What nobody can narrow down, is how you think!
You are completely in control of your thoughts.
You choose what you let in,
You choose what you keep going around and around in your head.
And your thoughts define how you feel!
If the grand picture is too overwhelming,
because we don’t know how long this virus will be around,
because of whatever aspect of our lives we can’t control,
we have to look for the small things in life.
Look for what you still can decide to do.
You can still choose:
what you eat,
when you go to bed,
when you get up,
what to wear,
whether you’ll go for a walk, for a run,
who you will call,
who you will chat with,
when you’ll do your chores,
what book you are going to read,
when you’ll meditate,
whether you’ll listen to music or not,
when you’ll have a nice cup of coffee.
You can:
still look after your pets,
sing if you like and dance around in your house.
cook a nice meal and dress the table in a festive way.
There are a thousand ‘small’ things you can do to make you feel better.
You see,
once you make your world ‘smaller’,
once you stop trying to move the mountain,
you’ll see possibilities, new opportunities.
You’ll discover ‘seemingly little’ things,
but they can make your day a lot brighter.
The whole situation feels less devastating, less overwhelming,
if you create your own sanctuary, your own happy place.
It is your choice how you look at things:
If you are looking for the things you can’t do for the moment,
you’ll feel miserable and stay miserable as it is out of your control as long as the restrictions apply,
Or,
You can see all the things that are still possible, and you’ll feel happy, you’ll feel content, even though you live in a more restricted world for the moment.
How you think determines how you feel.
It may sound harsh but it really is up to you!
Make your world smaller,
Look for all the things you can do!
You’ll feel the difference immediately.
You’ll see opportunities instead of restrictions.
Seeing possibilities, lifts your spirit.
You’ll feel the higher vibration of those positive feelings,
of feeling active, feeling creative, feeling alive!
Because you can decide what you’ll do, it makes you no longer a ‘victim of circumstances’, but the one who gets to decide.
So, decide what you’ll do, now that you have more time on your hands.
See the opportunity of what, more hours spent at home, brings to you.
You finally have time:
to catch up on some reading,
to spend more time with your partner and kids,
to declutter that attic, something you’ve been postponing for years, decades maybe,
to start learning a language,
to start learning whatever you can through internet courses,
to reflect upon your life,
to transform ideas into actual things.
The list is endless, really.
All you have to do is open your mind to it.
My invitation to you all this week is:
Decide you will start looking for possibilities, for options.
Be willing to see them.
You control your thoughts!
Make it positive ones and you’ll immediately feel your mood lifting!
Remember:
How you think determines how you feel.
How you feel determines what you do.
Thank you all for reading me
Katrien
www.lifecoachwomen.be