I have strep for the 5.5 billionth time of my life. .. Probably more.. because i am not good with math. Maybe less.. because, well , I am not good at math. But I do know it feels like way more times that is necessary. I swear, every time my throat hurts, even the slightest, I can almost garnet you that its strep. Seriously, I just call my Dr. and say I have strep.. and its positive when they test for it. So, I stay home, sleep and drink tea. Also .. I write a blog.
I’ve been told that many people are correct in their guesses of whats wrong with them when they go to the Dr. because it’s their body and they know whats going on with it. They understand and can feel when something isn’t right. I think this is awesome. It teaches us to trust ourselves and take care of ourselves. Its part of our human instinct.
The thing I am learning is this: I may have a feel for what is going on within myself, what I am thinking, feeling or experiencing. But, if I am assuming I know what other people are thinking feeling or experiencing, within themselves or about me, then I am deceived , participating in a moment of arrogance, and pride. I want to clarify very quickly in this blog that I am not talking about a hunch , word of insight or a strong feeling within yourself that someone you know needing something .
I am simply saying this: Feelings are just that, something to let you know something is going on that may or may not require action from you. The feeling doesn’t give you the context or the answer to all of the “problems” in your life or those around you.
Something that I use to get caught up in is taking things personally. Someone didn’t invite me over, someone left me out, Someone didn’t tell me something that I felt like they should have.
Someone once told me that there is nothing that you can take personally. At first, I didn’t believe them, and thought they were making things up. But as I learned what they meant it made a lot of sense.
People act and make decisions in life based on their own personal experiences. Whatever they do , however they respond is directly related to their own personal experience. IT has nothing to do with me or anyone else.
Now, I am not talking about the times where we responded to someone in our pain and it ended up hurting them. I am talking about the time when you get to work and no one talks to you, and if feels like you did something wrong, when in reality, you walked in on an incredibly crazy part of the day and people around you are stressed because they are coming up on a deadline or there is a crisis that they are working through. Nothing to do with me.
So, my encouragement to you this week is to remove yourself from the equation , from the center, and open your heart to the idea that maybe.. just maybe.. it’s not about you.
Be encouraged
Rachael
Accepting The Peace 