My Mind and Me 🪁…..

I know I am not alone when I say that my MIND can run in circles with all the thoughts and events in day to day life.

Being a wife…..having 3 children…..family members who are estranged…..loved ones who are ill…..chasing dreams that sometimes feel so big and unattainable that I fear…..I may be living with imposter syndrome….

My mind to me is like a kite…and as the thoughts bombard me…..I visualize that kite rising higher and higher into the clouds….farther and farther away from me.

When the kite is high in the clouds….my anxiety rises and self doubt creeps in:

Am I making all of the right decisions for my kids?

Do I hold myself back because of fear?

Have I made peace with relationships that have ended?

What I have learned over the past few years is……I am the only one in control of my thoughts and I how I perceive the world and my circumstances.

When I feel the first tugs at that string….and my kite is drifting higher and higher….I am the only one who can grab hold of that spool and slowly reel it in.

The reality is…..thoughts are so easily snatched and carried off…that sometimes we do not even notice until it’s too late.

So what happens next?

Those thoughts that you are thinking….they are picking up momentum🌪….. and those worries and stress that you are visualizing….they are manifesting into physical aliments in your body.

CUE the….

heart racing……

nausea……

bad mood…

stomach ache….

and my favorite (just kidding) symptom of all…..the tears…..

Isn’t it the craziest idea….. that a simple thing such as a thought can take on a life of its own and create heartache, pain, suffering and self doubt….when all it really is in that moment is….…….A THOUGHT?

So the next time you feel that 🪁 rising higher and higher…

Be still…

Take a deep breath (or 3)….

Commend yourself for all the good things you have accomplished so far in the day….

and REEL IN THAT STRING…little by little….by counting all the things you are grateful for……

YOU are in control of your thoughts…

and with practice……

you will realize that the power was within YOU all along…

I wish you many sunny….beautiful days flying that kite….

but remember when the string gets carried off…..and the storms roll in…..

YOU are your own Kite Master….so sit back……BREATHE……and reel it in…..🪁

XOXO✨🦋