Imagine that every time you have an interaction with someone or
something, a piece of you remains with that thing or that person. A piece of
your energy is left behind.
By the end of the day, there wouldn't be much left of you, would there?
Or imagine yourself as a balloon at a kid's party, leaking helium each
time a little pair of hands bops you up in the air. By the end of the day you
would be a sagging dollop of plastic incapable of floating.
With
all the bad news pouring in from around the globe, we are in danger of giving it
our best attention and energy,and leaving ourselves with little to get on with
living our lives fully.
It definitely feels like there's
an overall sense of malaise. I've recently read blogs by people feeling
unmotivated and depressed because everywhere they look they see pain and
injustice, and they feel powerless to do anything about it.
When
you read an upsetting article, it doesn't end when you finish reading it. You
have given a part of yourself away to it. When someone upsets you, you don't stop thinking about them when they
walk away. Your energy follows the focus
of your mind, whether you are
aware of your thoughts or not.
Last summer, I made a friend who shared with me her vision of PersonalPower. The idea is that we all have access to a source of power within us. The
problem is we can't always find a way to plug into it. Or, we find we have depleted
it because we have been leaking energy left, right and centre.
To refill our energy centre we have to look after ourselves. On a
physical level, we need to eat well and sleep enough. Mentally, we might need
to de-stress, meditate, get outside the office and spend a bit more time in
nature. I look forward to sharing her book when it comes out as it's life changing stuff!
After engaging with a person or a piece of writing or a television
programme, she suggests taking a moment to reconnect with yourself. She refers
to it as 'calling your energy home'. Ask yourself, am I back inside myself, or
is a part of me still with that person, that article, that show?
Call that energy back, take a deep breath, feel your feet on the floor
and become aware of your attention. One thing is certain, you can't do anything
positive while you're running on low quality energy because you've given all
the best stuff to things and people who don't deserve it!
There
are times when it seems impossible to focus. However much you meditate or pray or try to concentrate on your goals,
you can't seem to escape the negativity. In which case, switch it off. Switch off the
noise.
Turn off the news, unfollow the
people who post negative content and give yourself permission to breathe.
Give yourself permission to be happy.
Whatever you do, don't
be tricked into reading all the bile on the internet. It doesn't mean you don't
care.
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