MORNING RAY OF SUNSHINE

On the contrary, our whole life we're meant to be works in progress, doing things, realizing the shortcomings, learning, growing, doing better. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Illness, injury, chronic ailments cause acute distress, anxiety, depression even. But that doesn't mean life comes to a full stop. Or we stop chasing our goals, give up on doing the things we love, relinquish having fun. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

imposter syndrome? Nice term but doesn't justify us doubting and second guessing what we do, who we are. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Things go wrong. But there is still no reason to make ourselves a victim or feel victimized, feel like bad luck specifically targets us or that people are deliberately out to get us. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

We have a tendency of reacting even before someone has finished explaining their point. And then we look like a fool when we realise we spoke or acted with incomplete knowledge Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

At times we get irritated cause we're trying to help someone and they just don't listen, keep shooting it down. It feels like they're just being negative and obstructionist. But that's the story from our side. Why don't we look at the other side? Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

When the path to something we're chasing in life, gets blocked again and again and again, inexplicably, for no logical reason, it means Life is trying to tell us something. That this is not for us. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

w\We haven't yet received the rewards or accolades that we thirst for. But who said the journey is over? Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The first time a spouse gets abusive, emotionally or physically, the first time a boss crosses the line of appropriate behaviour, the first time an employee or child is careless or irresponsible or badly behaved, that's the time to draw a line and say Not Acceptable. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Change comes into our life every so often, clearing out what is not needed any more for our forward journey and evolution. Most of the time we don't like it, even hate it but ultimately we realise how it was for our ultimate good. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Every so often, we ask ourselves, what are the things we have been neglecting to do. But do we ask, why? Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

When we accomplish something we have set out to or we do something we didn't think we could do there is naturally a sense of pride and joy. Which is good. It' fine to share this joy with others, long as the sharing doesn't cross the line and become showing off Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

So often, when we answer this question, our thoughts go straight to that part of the day that was most unpleasant, where things didn't go our way. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Our job is to just keep pushing and prodding without getting angry and frustrated. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Too often, when deciding whether or not we should do something, the criteria we consider are whether we want to do it or whether it's convenient to do it. But the tipping point towards making a decision should be what impact us doing or not doing will have. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Either we repose the faith in someone else or we do it ourselves. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

I've done enough. This thought crosses our mind enough times. Only question is, have we actually emptied the tank or is it just some form of ego or laziness? Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

How many things that we have no control over have us stressed every single day? Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Think, how many times in a day we play the victim card. Feel sorry for ourselves. Wallow. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

A failed enterprise, a relationship that didn't work out are a veritable university in terms of what we need to look at and change in ourselves. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

We are consumed by all kinds of fears. Fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, all of which cause us to second guess, hold back - in multiple ways wreck our efforts.  Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

We are only concerned with what we want. Think about what the other person's agendas and interests are. We might get a lot further. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

The minute the heart feels love for someone, the ego tries to possess them, put a label of ownership on them. What we dub a 'relationship'. But all the ego is trying to do is hold on. And this brings fear and insecurity into the connection. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

If we read about the success of any person in our line of work, do we feel threatened? In any social gathering, when we hear someone waxing eloquent about a topic they are well versed in, do we feel the need to chip in, even though we may know diddly squat about it? Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com

Without being people pleasers or doormats, we might still be doing many things, that are not intrinsically us, solely to be liked. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com