Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself?
I would say the relationship I have with myself has taught me the most about myself, because I choose to be mindfully aware of my thoughts, behaviours, and actions as indicators of when I am feeling happy, joyous, and free or restless, irritable, and discontented.
I prefer a life of feeling happy, joyous, and free rather than restless, irritable, and discontented.
When I feel out of sorts, I investigate with willingness and curiosity to understand why.
It’s never someone else’s fault.
It is because I find some person, place, thing or situation unacceptable.
I then get honest with myself.
I am mindfully aware of:
- Asking myself, what am I afraid of?
- Acceptance
- The Four Agreements
- Saying the Serenity Prayer
Going deeper to gain a better understanding of myself, peeling back the layers of who I really am, takes time.
As I understand more about myself, more is revealed.
S, 🌻
If only… A worthless phrase forty or fifty years on, but I would have been better off caring less about what others thought and assuming the best, not the worst, about situations.