Yesterday’s story is one that I love because it hits home. It really is a wonderful reminder that things are not good nor bad. It is just a perception or story that we create when we attach a label to it. Finding some neutrality or not attaching yourself to the outcome of a situation is often difficult. We easily jump into judging and creating a story by saying things that are opposite ends of the spectrum. It was either the worst or most terrible day, bad news or bad luck. Or it was the best day ever, it was exciting news and we are on a lucky streak.

What actually seems funny about this when you are able to pull away and take a macro view of things, doesn’t it seem silly to constantly have such extreme and contrasting emotions all the time. We are continuously riding waves, up and down. That’s exhausting.

Being on an emotional roller coaster doesn’t really allow us to feel each emotion for what it truly is. There certainly is going to be sad, devastating and traumatic times in our lives. And its important to feel these experiences for what they are. On the flip side there will be truly wonderful moments and happy exciting times and they also need to be felt.

So I guess what I am questioning then, is if you are constantly labeling things as good or bad do we truly know how to appreciate and navigate the BIG moments in life? Because if we’re always up and down, having good luck or bad luck, how can we really determine our true emotions?

Ultimately using energy like this is expensive. There’s nothing wrong with being genuinely happy when something wonderful happens. Just as there is nothing wrong with being sad, say when someone passes away. But when you reflect on the story from yesterday perhaps we can start to catch ourselves in real time and practice the same mindset…Maybe, maybe not. Instead of compulsively reacting and continuing in the emotional loop or pattern that we have ingrained for ourselves.

Longterm this practice creates a far better opportunity for us to grow and further navigate ourselves through the ups and downs of this thing we call life.

Sometimes in the wave of change we find our true direction ~ Unknown