~I hope meditation will bring peace into my rambunctious lifestyle and relieve undesired stress. From everything happening at once it's hard to focus on one particular issue. I believe if I focus on one thing it can relieve some of my stress. From this I can learn how to control myself while in a chaotic situation.
~ I want to develop a more genuine appreciation for living in the now sense. My whole life I have dreaded on my mistakes in the past which creates anxiety for the future. I create a dishonest image about myself about how I will never be good enough based on my past.
~ I hope meditation will bring a sense of knowing to open my eyes to the many blessings that God has given me. I don't want my life choices to depend on my depressing state of mind. I want to make decisions based of how it will effect my now leading into my future. Too often I focus more on the sad situations occurring in my life than looking for the good in everything. Adversity restricts me to move on with the happy aspects of my life and push love ones away that way I feel incapable to have a broken heart again. I want to learn how to remain positive through everything.
~ Most importantly I want to release my anxiety. It has effected my physical health to the point where I have been rushed to the hospital twice. I want to learn how to relax in any situation and imagine myself in a world without harm.
You can achieve many of these goals, but it may be hard work for awhile. If you consider how long we practice living in one particular way, it is not hard to see that changing our habits (rewiring our brains) takes some time and some courage. Today during class, we were working on the concept of cognitive dissonance. Sometimes, cognitive dissonance will push us right back into our bad habits because, even though these habits are bad, we are used to them and therefore comfortable with them. That means that, to change our habits, we must face these demons (the dissonance) and overcome it. I will continue to try to support you during your journey to a happier Alli!
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