True Joy in the midst of stress – affirmations revisited
I received this video from Darlene Siddons a few days ago, with an invitation to share it in any way I want. It turned out to be an interesting gift in the way it gave me a sense of “perspective”. It reminded me how I enjoyed affirmations some years ago – it was such a nice feeling, and it sounded true somehow. Even if it wasn’t quite how I experienced my life.
For that same reason, there were also times – many times – when I would get kind of annoyed with affirmations, and the cute images and the sweet words and the perfectly relaxing music – because it was so far from what I experienced in my life – it felt like sugar-coating.
The latter was exactly what I saw reflected in my initial reaction as I took the first look on the video. There was a slight residue of that old irritation: “I don’t need all that sugar, I prefer the real thing, I prefer to feel what is”. And this I did, I did feel what was there — and it was surprise!
Because as I watched the video, my experience immediately changed from a reserved “No” to a joyful “Yes”! Yes, this is true, this is how my life is like – I just don’t go around and think these thoughts, I don’t do affirmations – but I do feel it this way most of the time.
I don’t use affirmations and I don’t try to reduce stress. I seldom create stressful experiences, but when I do, I don’t try to reduce them – I dive into them and transform them, until I find my True Joy right there. Because it’s there as much as anywhere else. And that’s not sugar-coating – that’s the natural sweetness of love that permeates everything and everyone, unconditionally. Flowing through you.
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Tags: affirmations, stress, transformation, unconditional love
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