I think Elizabeth Taylor said it best… “Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together!”
Some days just suck, often those days are Mondays or days we refer to as a “Monday,” nothing goes right, the world is basically coming to an end and not all the coffee in the world could make it better. Those days you wake up late for work, spill coffee on your favorite white blouse, and of course you have a meeting with your boss! Those days that we wish were over before they start!
However, I challenge this idea is it really the day’s fault? Is Monday really so bad? Can you really afford to let the day be a bad day? What were to happen if this was the last day you were on Earth or with the people you love? Did you make it count or did the day get wasted on miss opportunities, missed connections, and misinterpreted signs?
So you got up late right- well slick your hair into a neat pony now it’s out of your face! Coffee on your shirt- grab a blazer on your way out the door and impress your boss with how professional you look! Don’t give a couple bad moments the power to ruin your whole day and mostly likely the day of everyone around you. Instead of being impatient with the barista for not moving fast enough. Start a new chain reaction of positive actions. Buy the person behind you at Starbucks a cup of coffee. Actually leave a tip for the hard working barista. Say good morning to everyone you see. Help someone with the door. You would be amazed when you put good out there how good it makes you feel.
When you think you are having one of those days, one of those weekend has ended back to reality life kind of sucks days, channel your inner Elizabeth Taylor! Pull out your favorite shade of lipstick and put on a smile, you got this!
The world keeps getting louder it seems. I feel like I am constantly bombarded with noise and even in the quiet it’s not really quiet. The streets are busier, the lines are longer, and our lives are crazier. Peace can be hard to find, quiet has become a foreign concept, and relaxing well forget about it.
Our hyper-stimulated modern day existence leaves us with very little time to depart from reality. Even at home, the kids are crying, the dog is barking, the TV is blaring. Our sanctuary is lost. Where is our safe haven from the storm that is modern day life? Some days I just have to shut my door, go sit in my closet and put my hands over my ears! Will the noise ever stop? Is peace even possible anymore?
In my quest for peace, I stumbled on a quote by Hermann Hesse…
With this quote it dawned on me that I am my own safe haven. I control what is going on around me and more importantly what is going on inside me. Putting inner peace before external peace seems completely backwards. You would think that it takes peaceful surroundings to be at peace. However, by retreating inside oneself and finding the stillness, the quiet, the peace. You can achieve a calm that not even the most serene setting can provide.
After finding this quote I started looking at quotes similar to it. After getting lost in the land of Google, I stumbled upon quotes on mindfulness. Recently, I’ve seen a few different posts, articles, and pictures about mindfulness but in my haze, I haven’t really paid them much attention. That was until now...
I love the idea of being my own refuge, there is an independence and strength to it that is quite amazing. Instead of relying on others and the outside world for peace, find peace within yourself. Be your strength, be your solace, be your still!
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