There is nothing like knowing how bad things can be to heighten recognition of how much better they have become. But for you to be blessed with the best you don't have to start with the worst.
Whenever we are not feeling at our best, we become hypersensitive to people's attitudes. Some minor remark, which might otherwise go straight over our heads, gets interpreted as a harsh criticism. Some task, that might otherwise prove simple, turns into a daunting mountain. Once that happens, we feel even less at our best than we did before and thus we overreact yet more to the next incursion. Yet it only takes a small, positive development for everything to change.
How much excitement do you want? How many intense emotional experiences do you feel you need? Do you have to get caught up in some great drama? Must you deal with problem after problem? Sorry to ask all these questions, but then questions themselves can be so very destabilising. As soon as we start to ask them, we begin to chip away at whatever is making us feel most stable and secure. You can't just ignore an unsatisfactory situation, but nor do you have to give it your full attention right now Imagine if one day we all wake up to find we are living in an ideal world. A new dawn, a new deal, a new Jerusalem (let's hope it's more peaceful than the old one). Will anything really be different? Well, it will be for you because, whilst your situation remains far from ideal, you are at the start of a big turning point in your emotional journey. You may have your doubts and reservations but you can put some faith in what's changing. It's not the start of a new and ide...
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