What the world needs now is love sweet love! 

I hear that song echo in my head. I saw it on a Facebook post recently and it truly resonated with me. It sounds so simple to just love and everything will be alright. Could it really be that simple?  Maybe we have all been “loving” all of the wrong things. Maybe we have all been “loving” the wrong objects, the wrong feelings, the wrong priorities, and most importantly the wrong thoughts. I am sure very few people can say they are truly content to just BE. If you are that person, than my hat goes off to you, and please tell me how!  I’ve personally been on a very messy journey to figure out HOW to just BE for quite some time. I find it and then lose it again. And each time I lose that feeling of peace and grounding, it seems harder and harder to get it back. I let what’s going on around me affect me. (Did you catch that key word I just said – LET. I let…. I let things happen, I let things affect me, I let things stay stuck! I am learning I only have power over ME!I can only control ME, no one else. I can not control another person’s thoughts, actions or behaviors. What I can control – is how that person affects my thoughts, actions and behaviors. Sounds easy enough, but I have been letting the negative talk in my head become my reality.  I was listening Joel Osteen on the radio the other day and he was talking about the negative thoughts we all have in our head.  I promise I am not giving a sermon.  He said we can NOT give voice to the negative thoughts in our head. We can not let them become our reality. If we constantly speak those negative thoughts and give them a voice, they become our reality. It’s the negative discussions with have with ourselves that prevent us from conquering the world. It’s the self doubt, the worry, the fear, and the struggles that hold us back.  I think I have talked about being STUCK so much – I’ve given a voice to that negative thought – and I’ve actually become stuck. I’ve made myself stuck. I gave a voice to being STUCK.

Since my father passed away September of 2019, I have been stuck. Stuck in the wrong things. Stuck with the wrong priorities, the wrong feelings, the wrong everything. I have been so focused on what was and not what is or will be.  I have 5,000,000,000 self help books that I have collected over the years (all with the best of intentions) and never read. A tool box with tips and tricks for managing anxiety that I’m not using. The exercises I’m NOT doing. The Yoga, the running, the biking, and the just BEING that I’m not doing. I gave a voice to being STUCK and became STUCK. I let being STUCK take over my messy journey.

Due to this absolutely crazy scary world right now, we all have to BE. We don’t have a choice. We have to BE. We have to adjust. We have to BE. We have to learn to slow down and stop focusing on the wrong things and stop giving a voice to the negative thoughts. This too shall pass (thank you Mom).  We have to recognize and believe that this too shall pass. Someone recently told me that they find solace in knowing that the entire world is connected right now and going through this at the same time. You aren’t alone – the entire world is in this together. If you think about it from that perspective – it’s pretty spectacular. The world is coming together one breath at a time. In the midst of all of this unknown and fear, the world is learning how to BE and breathe again. We all have great impact on each other. The earth is healing, now it’s our turn to heal (in the midst of darkness and fear). Hug your loved ones tighter, appreciate the all of the simple things you have taken for granted, be thankful for everything, everyone, and every breath you take, and learn to just BE. Don’t give FEAR a voice in this very messy journey.