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Bev Sartain posted an update 7 years, 12 months ago
Today’s prompt: Don’t take it personal. Notice all the times you start to take something person and let it go! You are letting of the emotional reaction. You are letting go of the upset that disturbs our peace.
This is something I am learning. I often have to pause and remind myself, but when I do it makes such a difference in my outlook and my attitude. I hang onto my peace and sanity when I can do that. My goal is to do it more 🙂
Beautiful. As humans, we will never be perfect at this nor do we need to strive for that. However, it is great to live more peacefully. I have found the more peace I choose, the less I am bothered by things. It’s like my spirit knows better than to get upset at something that doesn’t serve me. I’m not willing to play that game anymore. I am willing to play the game of choose peace! Misty, with this amazing intention “to do it more,” I bet you will experience more peace. Intention and action to back it is so powerful!
My kids have been perfect teachers for me on how not to take things personal. If I take they’re attitudes and moods and feelings and words personal, what I’m doing is making them responsible for my feelings and projecting that responsibility onto them. Not sure if I worded that properly but in my head I know what I’m trying to say… Anyway, I’ve very much found that not taking my kids growing pains personally has
enabled me to better do the same with others. I recently reached out over messenger to a friend with whom I’d been out of contact for a few months and with whom I used to regularly connect. I got a very lukewarm response and a non commitment to future connections. I broke with tradition and refused to even momentarily take her response personally. I’ll continue to comment on her posts if they resonate. I have no attachment to making it mean anything about myself. This is a great prompt because without it I may not have acknowledged this sign of growth.
Their not they’re 🙂
Children are our mirrors.
I have always taken everything personally. But in recovery things have changed. I do not react. I am calm and peaceful. The best of this is with my 25 year old daughter. She knows how to push my buttons because she installed them. I do not react emotionally. She does not like this because she does not get the reaction she wants. And it feels good to be able to let go! I have let go and put her in the hands of God. She is a heroin addict.
Thanks for sharing Jennifer.