By Richard Kent Matthews - eBook Author | Career Coach | Speaker
Your mood, your call. It's all in your hands...
Your mood, your call. It's all in your hands...
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
in perhaps not the best mood. I have a long to-do list for today,
much of it unpleasant, some of it I've put off for a while…a long while…and I know I can’t put it off any longer.
I bury my head under the covers.
Just a few more minutes of doze and I’ll get up, I murmur. Not a great way to
get the day going, right?
This might even be one of those days for you. You
might even take it out to some degree on those closest to you.
The Mood You Choose
I would be
the last person to tell you to simply change your mind and get over yourself.
If you want to you will; if not, you won't. But I will suggest this:
There is a place
deep in your heart where you feel totally connected to all that is. It can seem
difficult to reach that place when you’re feeling rotten, but it’s there
nonetheless. It is a matter of choice.
You can hang onto a bad mood; you can
feel justified in doing so. And you already know that a slight shift in
consciousness can turn the day around. The world begins to look different,
better, even eager to have you as a part of it. And you don’t have to start off
the day in a bad mood to make a deeper connection with that Place.
So, with
that in mind, whatever your mood, allow yourself to take a few moments to
access that deeper part of yourself that knows how to lift your spirits. It
knows how to bring you into a gentler state of mind and how to help you change
your worst feelings into feelings of joy, wonder, and playfulness.
It leads to
a more generous space, a more prosperous space—physically, mentally,
spiritually. And, at the end of those few moments, if you still decide that the
bad mood is better, that it’s really where you want to be right now, that’s OK,
too. Just as long as you recognize that it’s your call.
From Dreary to Cheery
From Dreary to Cheery
Life is happening at its best right here in this moment, in
this place. It only takes a minor tweak in our outlook to turn a dreary day
into the most powerful day of our life.
This is the day that Love, Joy, and Gratitude have made. I can rejoice and be glad in it. Or I can go Bah, humbug! and feel sorry for myself.
It's always my call.