YOUR LIFE A-Z: YESTERDAY

REFLECT, LEARN, REST, LET GO

YESTERDAY

I believe we may be living at such a fast pace that we may not even remember what we had for dinner YESTERDAY much less what we learned from YESTERDAY.  But go ahead and give it a whirl, write one paragraph about what YESTERDAY taught you.  Then ask yourself, “ How did I get hurt by YESTERDAY?”  Write a paragraph about that too.  Now, you have two paragraphs that speak to you about YESTERDAY, how are those paragraphs helpful to you today?   Next, allow list anything that does not feel good about YESTERDAY and ask yourself, what makes you hold on to that list?  How would your life be better today if you let go of those slights, hurts, or mistakes from YESTERDAY?  If there is something you can fix, such as offer and apology then do it and move on into today. How far back does your YESTERDAY go?  Are you still holding grudges from five or ten years ago?  How does that serve you?  Are you still holding grudges from five to ten months ago?  Really, what is that about?  Grudges tend to make you into a grump.  Is that how you want to be, an old grump?   How about five or ten days ago? Do you have grudges from those days?  See, YESTERDAY is really not YESTERDAY until you let go of those negative thoughts and feelings from back there.  Let them go.  Learn what you can from them and toss the rest.  Remembering what you ate YESTERDAY is more important than how someone hurt you YESTERDAY.

YOUR LIFE A-Z QUIT

A SLOTH IS A GREAT ANIMAL TO HELP YOU QUIT

Just for today, one day out of your life, QUIT talking negatively about yourself and others.  In order for you to do this, you must become aware of how negative you are.  Awareness, as I have spoken about is the first step to change.  Without awareness you do not really live life, you just exist. In order to live more fully it is important to QUIT doing things that harm yourself.  It is often helpful to imagine that negativity is a big icky ball of green slime.  Each time you are negative in your thoughts, words, or actions, that green slime attaches itself to your physical body.  So by the end of each day you are covered with smelly, icky green slime that weighs you down. The way to QUIT slimming yourself is to QUIT that old habitual negative talk.  A good technique to help yourself QUIT, is to wear a rubber band on your wrist and snap it each time you catch yourself being negative. The snapping sound keeps the slime away.  If you are too self-conscious for that, then choose a different bracelet or watch than you normally wear.  Each time you catch yourself being negative twist your bracelet or watch around your wrist once as an awareness building tool to help you QUIT.  You can use this QUITTING tool to help you QUIT whatever it is you want to QUIT, but it is essential to QUIT talking negatively in order to be happier on a daily basis.