With the New Year here and an opportunity to start anew, I would like to take the opportunity to talk about shifting our attitude. As author and speaker Greg Braden states, this year we are going though the bottleneck of a major collective transformation. We are all experiencing this in our own being as well as in our environments. Our relationships, our work and our way of living are all under assessment. We are all being confronted with what we do not like in ourselves and our lives, and we have the opportunity to shift to what is congruent with who we are and how we want to live. The aspect of self that turns us inside out – and often causes us to react – is the part of ourselves that is not aligned with our true nature; it is the part of us that lives in fear instead of love. And this aspect gets the best of us when we become reactionary instead of being present and responding with a loving action, word or thought.
We have a choice in every moment of our day, yet many of us do not take the opportunity to change our mindset when what we say, think, and do is not for the highest good of all involved. So, how can you shift your attitude when you are having a bad day? How can you shift from a negative thought to a more positive, hopeful thought, especially when you are interacting with people you don’t care for?
Some strategies that may help include breathing slow and deep, or simply stopping for a moment to collect yourself before responding. There is no need to be in a hurry. You can also try mentally repeating a mantra or phrase that brings you back to what is real and true. In addition, you can wear something like a piece of jewelry or mala beads, or hold a special stone in your pocket. Try turning on music or moving your body. Any kind of touchstone that brings you back into the present will help you shift your attitude from control and fear to ease and joy.
Think about what you will change this year, and what strategies will support your shift into joy, ease and presence. How will you experience this shift a year from now and what will you have incorporated into your life and being that fosters the magic you hold?
Live Well,
Katie
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Hi Katie,
I appreciated that you mentioned: How can you shift from a negative thought to a more positive, hopeful thought, especially when you are interacting with people you don’t care for?
It is a lot easier when you do like the person even on a bad day. But when it’s a tough day AND the person is bringing the worst in me. I use the “Pause, when agitated”. It allows me to aknowledge that one, I’m not in my happy place and that in itself is helpful and two, it allows me to see the other person as an innocent by-stander. They didn’t anything to my day.
Thanks for your blog post.
Rosie
By: rosiezaldatte on February 16, 2011
at 5:36 pm