Prompt: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today
I want to achieve an inner peace with a certain situation.
I don’t want to have those dreams anymore.
The ones that stay with me while I’m awake.
The ones that bring the frustration too close to the surface.
The ones that make me lose focus on the good things I should be focused on.
I want to let go.
Let go of the negativity that starts the spiral into more negativity.
That kind of chain reaction sucks.
Sucks the life right out of the light.
And it’s just not worth it.
I want to not take it in.
I will envision a shield that deflects the hostility directed at me.
I want to feel invincible, not intimidated.
I will channel my inner Wonder Woman and use my powers for good.
I can no longer get caught up in the unfairness of it all.
I will work on accepting the situation for what it is.
I want to temper the bad by overshadowing IT with the good.
Because that’s how it should be.
I want to not be affected by someone else’s irrational tendencies.
They will never make sense to me so it’s time to stop trying to figure it out.
There are other, better, more positive people in the world who I should be spending my time and energy with.
And my TIME and ENERGY are so, so valuable.
Better spent on:
I know what to do to achieve inner peace in that certain situation.
Now I just have to do it.
Stretch & Deep Breath.
Oh Melanie, I started tearing up reading this. Not just because of what you wrote sounding so raw, but I’m feeling very much of the same lately – “Let go of the negativity that starts the spiral into more negativity”…god, I still need to figure out how to do this. I hate when that spiral starts.
“I want to not be affected by someone else’s irrational tendencies. They will never make sense to me so it’s time to stop trying to figure it out.” – This is the worst part of it, when other people’s irrational behaviour, and their issues are just unleashed at you. I’m really frustrated these days about people taking out their issues on me and treating me like I’m a bad person, when I know I’m not. And making myself nuts trying to understand why they’re acting like they do.
I’ve really been developing a defense mechanism – but maybe a bad one – to deal with it and finding it easier (maybe better for myself) to walk away.
Ariane – I’m sorry to hear you’re dealing with a similar situation/similar challenges. I hemmed and hawed about posting this one, because it did feel raw and a bit more personal than what I normally post, but I’m glad I did publish it because your comment reminded me that there are others who have to deal with challenging situations and challenging people.
Plus I think walking away is sometimes the only solution, especially because you have to look out for yourself and do what works best for you.
Good luck – I wish you all the best with working on your challenging situation.