
What if you let go of labeling an experience as good or bad and instead just saw it as is?
Take for instance, your dog barking. If you let go of taking the barking personally, then labeling the behavior as being bad because your preference of no barking goes away.
How would that change how you feel about the experience?
When the experience doesn’t match what you desire to actually be happening, your expectation overrides what is actually occuring right in front of you.
When you slip out of the present moment, your thoughts take over and your inner critic emerges and gets louder and louder.
You may also may become worried and anxious about the future.
In the instance of your dog barking, when you slip out of the present moment, you may judge yourself for being bad for not being able to stop your dog from barking, or even label your dog as bad and blame him for doing what is natural to him.
Or, you may be worried about the what ifs of your dog barking when guests are planned to come over for a party at your house over the weekend. The anxious mind spins wildly out of control which then makes you feel like you have no control.
When you get back to your grounded being, you begin to access your creative mind and you begin seeing you have choices of what you can do.
Take a breath.
Be still.
Be open to what creative options show up and feel free to share below 🙂

