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Sigh.

I know we’re all human and we all can get caught up in the moment, but I had a rude awakening last night while I fell down the Twitter rabbit hole. While reading certain threads, I let myself click through comments on some posts and what I found disturbed me.

I’ve always been aware of this side of social media. Social media offers people the chance to be what they may not be in real life. That can be a very strong positive and liberating thing. The down side? What I saw and read last night — people calling each other horrid names and using words that, I’m sure, they wouldn’t have said if they faced the person in a live conversation.

[image error]Just because someone else goads you on doesn’t mean you should stoop to that level. Just because someone calls you a name doesn’t mean you should call them a name right back. And just because you don’t agree with the other person’s point of view doesn’t mean you have the right to go into a tirade.

So, as of today, I dare every one of us to be nicer. To do at least one nice thing every day, to each other or on social media or in a phone conversation or while texting. Make a post-it note if you need, reminding yourself that we’re all human and that we have more in common than we don’t.

I’m going to give this my best. I hope you do, too.

Here are some ideas:

Let others speak their mind — even if you disagree or hate what they say. Remember, everyone comes from their own place of feelings and thoughts and experiences just like you do, and those feelings and thoughts and experiences have nothing to do with you. Just as yours don’t have anything to do with them.
Don’t react. Would you rather have peace of mind during a conversation instead of anxiety and anger? I’m betting you would. Take a deep breath and let the other person vent whatever it is they want to vent. Again, their perspectives have nothing to do with you. Roll it off your back.
Be respectful and don’t silence the other person. Forcing your point of view onto another person takes away their free will. Who gave you power over the other person anyway? Who said you have the right to shut down someone else because their perspective doesn’t align with yours? Who made you boss? They have a right to their ideas just as much as you do. If you don’t want your free will taken away, don’t strip someone else of theirs.
You’re not always right. Maybe you have all the facts on your side, but the odds are you may not have all of them. Check where you’re coming from when someone pushes your buttons. Are you that insecure that you have to prove you’re “right”? Is your ego so much in need of validation that you have to shut the other person down? If so, then your argument says more about you than it does the other person.
Kindness is easier than you think:

say please and thank you
hold the door open for a stranger
don’t interrupt when someone else is talking
let go of your mental chatter and really listen (if you have something important to say, trust me, you’ll remember it after they’re done speaking)
let the other driver get in front of you
smile at others, often
be generous with your time
be generous with your love

 Namaste 

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Here we are. Another turn of a year. Another opportunity to look forward. Another chance to make New Year’s resolutions.

Which I hate.

And you may already know that.

I’m not a fan of resolutions anymore because when we fall off track, our reaction is to get angry with ourselves for “failing”. When we do that, we often feel even more miserable than before we set the New Year’s resolutions to begin with.

So I’m going to throw the whole New Year’s resolution concept on its head. Are you in? Wanna hear what this is all about?

There’s a mindful practice, a Buddhist practice, a Zen practice — a very powerful practice — of letting go of what no longer serves you. Most of us want to be happy in our lives, and to be able to let go of the things that make us unhappy, or suffer. Often, we become so obsessed with the way we want things to be that we lose sight of what is, and as a result lose any opportunity for being at peace with ourselves. 

However, there are things you can control, and small changes can make a big difference in your life. All you have to do is, well, do it.

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Does this sound like you? Do you want to make a small but powerful change that can have a significant impact on your life? If so, read on. I found a wonderful, inspirational challenge to give you more space in your life by letting go of what no longer serves you — starting with your addiction to digital habits. 

Join me in making this change, won’t you?

 

DAY ONE

Observe yourself. First check your digital habits. When you do, you’ll most likely be shocked by what you discover. Accurately pay attention to how often you check your phone. And what are you checking? Social media? Texts? The weather? Missed phone calls? Email that isn’t important? Is your phone always in your hand? Do you use it when you’re with another person? Do you take it into the bathroom? None of this serves you. None of it.

DAY TWO

Keep your devices out of reach while in motion. So no walking and texting. No using your device while you’re on the treadmill or at a cycle class or taking part in any other physical activity. Instead, let your mind wander. It’s okay. Letting your mind wander is a good thing. Your daily addiction to technology doesn’t serve you.

DAY THREE

Take a photo-free day. That means no pics of kids, kittens, food–nothing. See the world through your eyes, not the lens of your screen. You’ll feel withdrawals. That’s normal. You’re going to be okay. Trust me on this. Taking photos of everything, seeing life through your mobile phone, doesn’t serve you.

DAY FOUR

Delete that app. Take the one app you can’t live without and trash it. Don’t worry. You’ll be okay. You lived through Day Three, and you’ll live through Day Four, too. Ask yourself–is this product serving me or hurting me? Odds are this one app has taken over your life, and odds are, deep down, you don’t like that it did. So let it go. It doesn’t serve you.

DAY FIVE

Take a fakecation. You’ll be in the office but out of touch. Decide how long you need. An hour? An afternoon? Twenty minutes? If there’s no way your boss will let you off the grid for an hour, then make it a point to set aside time that night. The important thing is to set a fixed time and stick to it. Busyness doesn’t serve you.

DAY SIX

Observe something else. Reclaim the art of noticing. Go somewhere public and stay there for a while. The mall, a cafe, the hallway at work or at school. Once you’re there, hang out and watch. People or birds, anything that strikes your fancy. If you feel uncomfortable lingering in one spot and observing, then do it while you walk, and see what you would have missed had your nose been buried in your phone. Because your nose buried in your phone doesn’t serve you.

Try it out. Let go of technology that doesn’t serve you. Then tell me how you do.

This content was wonderfully curated by the folks at mindful.org and I’m not taking any credit for anything posted here. All copyrights belong to the people who thought up these wonderful life changes that will make you happier.

I know. I haven’t blogged in ages. I’ve been pulled in too many directions in real life and, to be honest, I’ve been focusing more time on me as well as my book marketing.

But I ran across a blog today that is too wonderful not to share.

See, I grew up with Mister Rogers. I loved his calm demeanor. His positive look on life. His ability to find the good in people even on their worst days. His mindset that we are all special and important and worthy. S o when “Seven Lessons from Mister Rogers That Can Help Americans Be Neighbors Again” crossed my feed, I couldn’t resist sharing these very simple but oh-so-powerful words of wisdom.

[image error]Did you know that Fred McFeely Rogers was a shy, awkward, and sometimes bullied child growing up in the 1930s? Using what he learned through his personal experiences, he founded teachings to help us weather ups and downs, stand up for what we believe in, and come together across our differences. Because…

“It’s the people you like the most who can make you feel maddest. It’s the people you like the most who can manage to make you feel baddest.”

Wow, Mister Rogers knew a thing or two, didn’t he? And he knew how to share his observations in a way that was empowering and loving. So here are the seven lessons I want to share with you. Read them, digest them, and try to incorporate them into your daily life. I promise I will try to do the same, myself.

It’s okay to feel whatever it is that we feel
But our feelings aren’t an excuse for bad behavior
Other people are different from us—and just as complex as we are
It’s our responsibility to care for the most vulnerable
We can work to make a difference right where we are
It’s important to make time to care for ourselves
We are neighbors

I highly suggest you read the entire article here, on Mindful’s website. I promise you’ll feel Mister Rogers’ warmth spread through your heart and into your soul.

Won’t you be my neighbor?

 Namaste 

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Every day, every hour, every minute our minds are filled with thoughts. And those thoughts can bounce, and bounce, and bounce. In yoga and Buddhism, we call this monkey brain — drunken monkeys jumping around, screeching and chattering and carrying on all clamoring for attention. For many, fear is the biggest and loudest monkey of them all, and it loves to point out all the things that are wrong. On the other hand, our thoughts can also be positive. Which makes you wonder…why do we sometimes fall on negative thoughts while other times we more readily choose positive ones?

Let’s think out a scenario or two on this, shall we?

You’re on line at the store and having a crapola of a day and your mind is racing with all sorts of thoughts about how bad your life is going. And as you move up in the queue, an acquaintance walks past and you wave hello. That person looks at you but doesn’t wave back. “Oh my gods!”, you think. “What the heck is that all about?” And then you think…

What did I do wrong?

I’m worthless.

I knew it. Nobody likes me.

Why do I even bother anyway? There’s no point in even trying.

Hmm.

Now let’s look at another scenario. You’ve just finished writing your latest book, or completed a grueling project at work, or put the last finishing touches on repainting your bedroom. And your editor, boss, or significant other tells you what a fantastic job you did. How wonderful! You’re stoked because someone’s noticed your efforts and told you that you hit one out of the park! Then you go to the store and you see an acquaintance and wave hello, and that person looks at you but doesn’t wave back. And then you think…

I wonder what’s wrong with her.

I hope she’s okay.

Maybe she didn’t see me.

Same event. But different leading events and subsequent moods. And then differing interpretations.

Hmm again.

What just happened here?

Well, what just happened is that you got proof that thoughts are not facts.

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See, the brain is wired to protect you. And it’ll go to great lengths to play out every scenario imaginable to explain a situation you’re facing, or a fear you’re experiencing, or a strong emotion clamoring for attention. It’ll go through great machinations to enable stressors and fear, tricking you into thinking that if you worry enough you’ll be prepared to handle whatever is thrown at you. Conversely, it’ll also make you believe that you’re on top of the world because of some external event that occurred, releasing all sorts of wonderful, feel-good endorphins making you think life is awesome.

And there’s the takeaway: your interpretation of what’s happening around you and your thoughts about those situations are not reality. They’re simply a perception of it. That’s why good days can bring forth good perceptions, and bad days can elicit bad ones. Which means the only thing you can control is your reaction to whatever happens to you. The only thing that can make a difference is how you perceive your world and life. Because facts are facts are facts. Anything else is interpretation.

You’re standing on line. Fact.

An acquaintance walks by. Fact.

You wave and the acquaintance doesn’t. Fact.

See? No one likes me. Reaction and interpretation! NOT fact!

Well, then, what’s the first step in releasing the hold your thoughts have on you? Noticing the self-talk going on in your head, then labeling the thought for what it is: a thought, with no judgment about it. Then let the thought go. This takes practice, but it’s worth the effort because you see thoughts for what they are. It brings attention to the fact that your mind is chattering away and making up stories about what’s going on around you.

You’re standing on line.

An acquaintance walks by.

You wave and the acquaintance doesn’t.

See? No one likes me.

Hold on. That’s a thought. Nothing more. A thought.

Let it go.

Little things go wrong from the moment you wake up in the morning.

Today’s a horrible day.

Hold on. That’s a thought. Nothing more. A thought.

Let it go.

Two people walk by, talking in whispers.

He was talking about me. I just know he was.

Hold on. That’s a thought. Nothing more. A thought.

Let it go.

You’re at the car wash and someone comments how great your hair looks.

Oh wow. I’m awesome! I just knew it!

Hold on. That’s a thought. Nothing more. A thought.

Let it go.

The more you do this, the easier it becomes to recognize the internal chatter, and the easier it becomes to let it go and see the moment for what it is. A moment. Nothing more and nothing less.

I’m not perfect at this, but I try it. Every day. As often as I can. And let me tell you, your heart becomes lighter for it.

This content was wonderfully curated by the folks at mindful.org. Swing by to read more, and maybe learn some things about mindful living, too.

 Namaste 

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You know, just when I think I’ve got some stuff figured out, I land on fascinating, and sometimes very strange, historical tidbits that make me blink, pause, then think:

Holy crap, that’s freaking amazing.

Once again, my writing research has brought me down a very unexpected path. And, once again, I’ve discovered some things about our ancient past that I had to share with you. Check this out.

Did you know…

[image error]The Inca built their amazing empire without money at all.

I know, right? But it’s true! The Inca were one of the wealthiest empires in South America, yet they didn’t use beans or textiles or any other goods to buy and sell products. Instead, Incan males had to offer physical labor to the state beginning at the age of 15. They helped build buildings for the public, and the road system that was used to expand and link their empire. In return for their work, the government provided what they needed to survive — food, housing, clothing, and tools. What makes this even more interesting is that no shops or markets existed, either. And although their lands sat on huge piles of silver and gold, those precious metals were used as part of their religious worship. It’s kind of like Trekverse, only millennia earlier.

[image error]Greek physicians recommended sex as a way to alleviate many ailments.

In fact, they thought sex helped reduce lower back pain, jaundice, depression, and indigestion. And, Hippocrates claimed that unlimited and uninhibited sex cured dysentery. Some claimed it even cured insanity. So, yeah. There’s that.

[image error]Gaius Gracchus, a Roman politician, had a bounty put on his head — for its weight in gold.

Septimuleius rose to the challenge and brought Gracchus’s head to Opimius in return for payment. Only the head weighed in at an amazing 17 2/3 pounds! Turns out Septimuleius committed fraud by removing the brain and filling it with lead so he could collect a bigger reward. But Opimius figured out his trick and, in the end, Septimuleius got nothing for his efforts. Just goes to show you, it doesn’t pay to cheat. Or steal. Or lie. Or… well, you get the picture.

Come on now. We’re all thinking it.

The English language is W.E.I.R.D.

Cough. Dough.

How. Low.

Meat. Great. Threat.

I mean, seriously. Right?

So, today, I wanna see just how much I can make your head spin. Though you might want to consider taking some aspirin first. Or a good, strong drink.

Ready?

Great.

Now, here’s why the English language makes no sense…

Because our spelling is confusing.

Consider this. If you took the rules of English spelling to heart and wanted to spell the word potato with those rules, this is what would happen:

If GH can stand for P as in ‘hiccough’,

If OUGH can stand for O as in ‘dough’,

If PHTH can stand for T as in ‘phthisis’,

If EIGH can stand for A as in ‘neighbor’,

If TTE can stand for T as in ‘gazette’,

If EAU can stand for O as in ‘plateau’,

Then the correct way to spell potato would be

GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

Because ‘that that’ should be a flaw:

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Because this (THIS!) makes sense:

“I never said she stole my money.”

Depending on which word you stress,

the sentence can have 7 different meanings.

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Because numbers are complicated:

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Because there’s no such thing as a rule unless you can break it:

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Because, on a final note, we’ll never be able to explain this:

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I wish I could take credit for this great content, but it was all pulled together by the wonderful folks at BuzzFeed. Got any good ones to add? I’d love to see ’em.

 Namaste 

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I gotta get something off my chest. It’s not pretty.

For a while now, it seems drivers are getting more careless — and less courteous — on the road. I find this driving behavior not only reckless but selfish. And rude.

Whew. There. I said it.

The thing is, I don’t understand the behavior. Yeah, I know driving can be a stressful experience, but it seems as if people think this stress gives them license to be uncivil. As if they can do anything they want while on the road. As if they come first, and damn anyone else around them. So in the interest of making driving life happier, and promoting safety and this little thing called courtesy, I figured I’d share some driving etiquette tips.

How many do you know? Better yet, how many will you take to heart every time you get behind the wheel?

Oh. Some advance warning. There’s some snarkiness ahead. And maybe a little venting. But it’s all meant with the best of intentions.

Every generation has its own slang. I remember growing up and saying phrases and words and my parents acting all, “WTF?”.  Every generation, every decade, has their thing and  that got me thinking: how fun would it be to dig into some of the weirder slang terms used over the past hundred years?

You game to see how many you recognize? Better yet, how many you still use yourself? Then let’s go!

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Bash: A drunken spree

Goop: A stupid person

Hanging: Excellent, outstanding (“Hanging new tie there, old man!”)

Hep: Part of the current musical culture (“That cat is hep!”)

Hawkshaw: A detective

Wisenheimer: Someone who thinks he or she is smarter than everyone else

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Date: A stupid person

Duck soup: Something easy

Gas: A joke

Grifter: A con artist

Hoosegow: Prison

Jake: Alright (e.g., “Is everything Jake out here?”)

On the make: Flirting, making advances on people (“Sandra was really on the make last night.”)

Meathook: A hand (preferably used while yelling at the police to stop dragging you to the hoosegow — “Get yer meathooks off me!”)

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Bank’s closed: No kissing or making out (“Sorry babe, bank’s closed.”)

Butt me: Give me a cigarette

Cash or check?: Do you kiss now or later?

Chassis: The female body

Copacetic: Wonderful, fine, all right

Dead soldier: An empty beer bottle

Drugstore cowboy: A guy that hangs around on a street corner, trying to pick up girls

“I have to go see a man about a dog”: To go buy whiskey

Fish: A college freshman or a first-timer in prison

Get a wiggle on: To get going

Giggle juice: Alcohol

Glad rags: Going out clothes

Horsefeathers!: An expletive

Juice Joint: A speakeasy

Moll: A gangster’s girl

Orchid: Something expensive

Ossified: Drunk

Scrooched: Drunk

Splifficated: Drunk

Zozzled: Drunk

(boy, they had a lot of words for drunk!!!)

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Abercrombie: A know-it-all

Abyssinia: I’ll be seeing you

Blow your wig: To become really excited

Bumping gums: To talk about nothing useful

Butter and egg man: The man with the money

Dog soup: A glass of water

Dizzy with a dame: To be really in love with a woman, possibly at risk of danger for oneself

Eggs in coffee: To run smoothly, or a general phrase of approval

Snipe: A cigarette

The kiss off: The final exit, as in death

“You shred it, wheat!”: You said it

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Cook with gas: To do something right

Dead hoofer: A bad dancer

Ducky shincracker: A good dancer

“Hi sugar, are you rationed?”: Are you going steady?

Motorized freckles: Insects

Pennies from heaven: Easy money

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Ankle-biter: A child

“Are you writing a book?”: You’re asking too many questions

Back seat bingo: Making out in a car

D.D.T.: “Drop dead twice.” (Appropriate response: “What, and look like you?”)

Frosted: Angry

Lay a patch: To accelerate so rapidly you leave a patch of rubber on the road

Subterranean: A hipster

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All show and no go: Looks good superficially

Bogart: To keep for yourself

Fine as wine: Good looking

Five finger discount: To steal something

Foam domes: padded bras

Mirror warmer: Woman who spends a lot of time looking in the mirror

Submarine races: An excuse given for parking next to the water to make out — you’re there to watch the “submarine races”

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Bogue: Used to describe something offensive or an unrealistic idea

Bone jack: To steal a dead person’s style

Brick house: A well-built woman

Decent: Cool

“Does anybody remember laughter?”: A popular joke phrase started by Robert Plant during a ’70s performance of “Stairway to Heaven”

Sit on it: An insult, i.e., “Sit on it, creep!”

Stop dipping in my Kool-Aid: Get out of my business

What a fry: Something or someone that blows your mind, is weird, or crazy

[image error]1980s

Ash people: People who wore all black (goths)

Bag your face: Put a bag over your face, i.e., you’re ugly

Barf me out: Valley Girl expression used to express disgust

“Cheeuh!”: Yeah, totally, duh; basically just a sound

Clydesdale: A big all-American boy

Kirk out: To freak out

Mall-maggot: Kids hanging out at the mall who don’t have anything better to do

What’s your damage?: What’s your problem?

Zeek: A major geek

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Bone out: To leave

Bugging: Freaking out

Cheddar: Money

Lurker: A person who enters electronic chat rooms without making a contribution

Props: Short for “proper dues;” to give someone credit

Talk to the hand: Super sassy ’90s phrase that just means you’re ignoring someone

Scrub: A loser guy

Wacked: Used to describe someone who’s totally weird or crazy

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Wazzup: What you say when meeting up with friends

Chillax: Relax and chill, man

Bling: Expensive, flashy jewelry

Biatch: A clever way of saying “bitch” without saying “bitch”

Buzzin’: Blissfully happy

Diss: To disrespect someone

‘Sup: A greeting; short for “what’s up?”

Bouya!: A term to show triumph

Digits: Telephone number; “Give me your digits and I’ll holla (call) you back when I get home.”

Sending you good laughs, and…

 Namaste

Content (mostly) discovered on Bustle.com.

Copyright © 2012-2018 · All Rights Reserved · TerriPonce.com

I shouldn’t be feeling this way.

If I ignore this emotion, it’ll go away.

It’s not a big deal.

This, too, shall pass.

Everything will be fine.

Focus on something else.

Any of these phrases sound familiar? I bet they do. But none of them will do you any good, or make you any happier, if you spend your down days, down weeks, or even down months, ignoring tough emotions instead of learning from them, accepting them, and using them to grow as a person.

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As someone who practices mindfulness and meditation, I can tell you that a constant focus on trying to “be happy” or embracing false positivity doesn’t do any good. I’ve learned that one of the most powerful outcomes of mindfulness and meditation is to accept emotions for what they are without judgment. No more, and no less. This isn’t always an easy thing to do, but I try.

Which brings me to the point of today’s blog.

There’s a big difference between dealing with the world and life as it is, and not as we wish it to be. (BOY, do I know the difference!) But when we focus on false positivity—the mindset of viewing emotions as either good or bad, positive or negative—we lose our capacity to develop deep skills that help us deal with the world and life as it is.

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“A third of us—A THIRD—either judge ourselves for having so-called “bad emotions,” like sadness, anger or even grief. Or actively try to push aside these feelings. We do this not only to ourselves, but also to people we love, like our children—we may inadvertently shame them out of emotions seen as negative, jump to a solution, and fail to help them to see these emotions as inherently valuable.”

Research on emotional suppression shows that when emotions are shoved away or ignored, they get stronger. It’s what psychologists call amplification. Much like the yummy ice cream in your freezer or the new and decadent burger joint that just opened in your neighborhood, the more you try to ignore it, the greater its hold on you. So while you may think you’re in control of unwanted emotions when you ignore them, it’s actually the emotions that control you. Every time. Every day. Always. And in the end, someone always pays the price, usually the people closest to us.

Not to mention ourselves.

What this boils down to is switching to a focus on emotional agility. So what the heck does that mean?

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Well, believe it or not, emotional agility doesn’t focus on being happy. Instead, it means accepting all your emotions. Even the messy, difficult, and ugly ones. More than that, it’s about labeling your feelings accurately. You may say you’re stressed when in fact you’re disappointed in your job and want to move on. You may say your relationship is making you miserable when in fact you’ve become bored and want to bring excitement back into it. You may say your friend is annoying when in fact their excitement about their recent good fortune is making you feel like your life is lacking. And that’s the key difference. When you uncover the precise cause of your feelings, you actually become ready for change. It’s what scientists call “readiness potential”, and it signals to our brain that we’re ready to take charge and take the steps toward making our own life better. Steps that are right for us, and only us.

See, emotions are like a flashing red light. They alert us to the things we care about. Find yourself yelling and screaming at the nightly news? That rage could be a signal that you value equity and fairness. Bristle when you see a parent yell at their child in public? That discomfort could be a signal you value empathy and compassion. Whatever the emotion, whatever the signal, these are opportunities to take active steps to shape your life in a positive and more fulfilling direction.

So how do you switch from shoving away strong emotions to embracing them for better change? What does this look like in practice? Here’s some practical advice:

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When you feel a powerful or tough emotion surface, don’t race for the emotional exits or try to ignore the emotion or push it away. Instead, let it do what it has to do. Feel it. Learn its contours and shape. Believe it or not, the emotion won’t make you a bad person. More than that, any bad emotions you’re feeling eventually fade. Just look at it with curiosity and without judgment.
Listen to what the emotion is telling you. It’s best to avoid saying “I am” as in “I’m angry” or “I’m sad.” When you do this and say “I am”, you’re telling yourself that you are that emotion. In truth, you are you, and the emotion is giving you a signal. So, try to notice the feeling for what it is: “I’m noticing that I’m feeling sad” or “I’m noticing that I’m feeling angry.”
Explore your underlying values triggering the emotion. Compassion. A sense of fairness. An insecurity that suddenly surfaced. Whatever the value is, use it to your advantage. To grow.

This emotional agility gives you the ability to be with your emotions with curiosity, compassion, and especially the courage to take values-connected steps. Which will help lead to a happier life.

Remember: you own your emotions. They don’t own you.

On a final note, I wish I could take credit for this wonderful advice, but I can’t. This content was wonderfully curated by the folks at mindful.org. I suggest you click the link and head to their site so you can read even more inspiring thoughts on this subject.

 Namaste 

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Copyright © 2012-2018 · All Rights Reserved · TerriPonce.com

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our own worlds, we forget about the big one: Mother Earth.

I’m a tree hugger. I admit it, and I’m proud of it. But I recognize that not everyone may feel as passionately about our planet as I do. Still, a blind eye isn’t an excuse for avoiding some very important changes our world is experiencing. So if you give me a moment, I’m hoping you’ll stick with me and allow a little cross-pollination into your day. (Ha! Cross-pollination and a blog about bees. Get it?)