Oh what a story . . .

If we are all made of stories… what story do you tell?

I’ve been thinking about the story.  The story I’ve been telling myself about why this or that is happening, or more honestly what is not happening.  It is shocking to realize that it is all just a story I’m telling myself.  Not the facts, but everything I’m thinking about the facts of the story. The thing is…. there is power in that story I’m telling and retelling!  At some level, we all are creating beliefs, thoughts, actions and outcomes in our lives with the story we tell ourselves.  We are writing the story with our thoughts and ideas.  

So why is it that so many of us choose to write stories that hurt or diminish us?  We are too busy, we are stressed, we don’t know what to do….. blah blah blah.  Here is an idea: Since we get to choose… why not choose ideas that are joyful, positive, calm or easy.  I’m in a project now and it is hard, it seems long and on some days, even a little boring.   This morning, I realized I was tired of feeling this way.  I did some self coaching.  I wrote down all of my thoughts about this project and it took me no time at all to see what I’ve been creating.  (Spoiler alert… I’m creating hard, long, boring) UGH!  I know better!  So….I do what we all can do,  I begin again.  Here are some thoughts that are helping me today: 

• Everything is as it should be.

• What I do doesn’t make me happy—what I think does.

• Nothing has gone wrong here.

• There’s plenty of time.

• What I look for, I will find

• I am enough

• Ease and joy are available to me… always

May you create ease and joy in whatever you are working on.