Rewind Your Past You are never stuck How do you feel about your past? Are there parts of your past you would like to erase? Or perhaps there are parts of your past that you would want to return to? How do you feel about who you have been over the years? Are you proud of what you have done? Or, perhaps, are you feeling shame, guilt, regret, sorrow or pain about your past? Blink your eyes. Do you know that all of your past is, metaphorically, on the “other side” of that blink? Your past is no longer deciding your future, unless you are still holding onto it. In other words, all of your past is behind you. You are (always) in fresh territory. Like a blank sheet of paper, or unexposed film. You are creating anew, in this and every moment. Every new moment exists outside of your…
How Long Is Your Emotional Rebound Time? Do your emotions stay longer than they’re welcome? Do you remember, early in 2020, when there was a run on toilet paper? Well, you better hurry out and get yourself a yardstick. Because they are not going to make them any longer. ;- ) A measuring stick can be so handy. If there was a measuring stick for our emotional demeanor, a lot of us might find ourselves coming up short. I know I would have, had I been able to measure my emotional skills before the universe cracked me open. The thing was, the most prominent emotional struggles I was having were completely off my radar. They were totally dominating my life, and I had no idea what so ever that I had such emotional problems. If I only had a measuring stick, then I could have discerned that, before the universe…
