Create a New Normal
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Weekly message about creating your new normal
This is a weekly message from Judy Panek, MS, CPCC
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Dear Creators,
There are times when situations arise that we would once consider as offering little choice. We must go to that meeting. We have to take care of a chore, task, project that doesn’t seem to offer much fun or inspiration. There is a sense of obligation. Where is the choice in that? How can we be with that consciously, keeping our choices open, flowing our energy in a way that we want?
My example is a meeting I feel obligated to attend today. Here are some ways I can choose to be with this....
- I can be with resistance. The thoughts from this perspective are something like, “I don’t want to do this. What a waste of time.” The feelings here are resentment, anger. There is energy here of a certain kind. I can get all worked up in being right. It seems that if I hold this energy I will find lots of things to be angry about, lot of things to criticize.
- I can be with acceptance. The thought here is, “Just get it over with. It is just a few hours, just a formality, no big deal.” The feeling here is one of resignation. I will be there physically but not really “present.” The energy here is diffused.
- I can be with neutrality. The thought here is, “Be open to whatever comes. Be present to every moment. Be curious.” The energy here is more positive.
If I were more enlightened I could probably be with even higher energy around this. As it is, I can see that I do have choices. I even have the choice of not going. What I recognize is not going is not in harmony with what is important to me (honoring commitments, reliability). My choice today is to be with this from a neutral perspective. I am also going to take good care of myself along the way. Can you smell the coffee?
Keep choosing,
Judy
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