Don't Let It Mess You Up!

I hope this moment is good for you, because I want to tell you something very important today. You see, sometimes you get so caught up in the moment. You get stuck with feelings that are not as good as you want them to be. Maybe you had a bad day in the office, or had an argument with your spouse, or had a bad talk with your kids. Whatever happened, it shouldn't be affecting who you are, what you are good at and how you do other things! Otherwise it would have defeated you. I know negative emotions won't win against you - or will they?

I hope not, because the longer you hold on to bad feelings, the harder they become to let go. They never tire - in fact, they grow stronger! Resentment, disappointment, jealousy, bitterness, these are some things you should learn to let go of quickly. Let them linger and you will find yourself weaker each and every day. Hit it while you still have the strength to drive it sky-high!

You might be asking, "How on Earth do I do that? It's almost impossible because..." My friend, you are making an excuse. An excuse to feel sorry for yourself. An excuse to not do anything. I tell you, that is self-defeating behavior! You have the ability to counteract things which may harm you.

The first thing you can do is to pray. Prayer is very powerful in that it allows you to commune with the Creator of all. Through prayer, you are able to acknowledge your imperfections and thus, let go of whatever may be troubling you at the moment. To force yourself to feel the prayer, do it kneeling or prostrated. This submissive position actually relaxes your body really well.

If prayer isn't your thing, you can take a nap. In fact, do anything that can relax you so that you can think well about what your troubles are. When you're not agitated it is very easy to look at things with optimism. Any problem will seemingly grow less of a burden and more of a challenge, one that will bring out the best in you. But whatever happens, WHERE you feel a certain bad thing, LEAVE IT THERE! Don't carry it around. Leave it there.

In the end, you have to take a look at yourself:. Do you really want to feel sad or depressed? Do you really want to brood over what went wrong? I suggest you don't!

You should be focusing on what CAN happen. On what you can do RIGHT. On what is POSSIBLE. Don't let the bumps stop you from racing to the finish - for you never know how close to the finish a bump actually is.