RIGHT NOW ALL IS WELL

Who creates the stress in my head?  I do.  When I ruminate on details endlessly and think of every possible way I could do something, I add to my ‘stress-meter’.  When I imagine everything that might go wrong, filling my mind with ‘what-if’s’ and probabilities, I increase my worry.  When I criticize for the tiniest of flaws and expect myself or others to be perfect, I become frazzled.  When I spend time re-playing things that didn’t go the way I wanted them to go and shame myself and others endlessly for not living up to my expectations, I create unhappiness and dissatisfaction.  These thoughts leave me feeling tense, jittery, paralyzed and full of anxiety, certainly not ready and open to life.

Today, I choose to have more mindfulness about the thoughts I put in my head.  I will breathe and relax allowing myself to just be.  When unsettling, troubling thoughts attempt to knock on the door of my consciousness, I will send them away like unwelcomed guests.  When I discover upset or worry have taken residence within, I will soothe and reassure myself remembering that right now in this moment all is well.  I will breathe in peace and exhale the tension I find within, transforming my worries into tiny pieces of fluff that float away and dissolve.  Right now all is well.