While I sit here today I can describe myself as feeling flat. I have a runny nose, I am tired and I am just flat. 18 months ago that feeling would have consumed me for the whole day. I would have told everyone who wanted to (or didn’t want to) listen about how I was feeling shitty.
Tuesday mornings I usually have a business meeting with 4 colleagues, I leave home at 7 and pick one of them up and we meet the other two at a nice little cafe in town. Being Winter 1 or 2 of them struggle to get there as they desperately hate the cold. This morning with me feeling flat it crossed my mind to not go, but I decided I needed to go. Just as I was leaving I got a message from the one I was picking up that he wasn’t coming. When I got to the Cafe I got a message from one of the other ones that they aren’t coming either. And the third person hasn’t turned up.
In the past I would have been consumed with horror, sitting at the table feeling really uncomfortable about being alone and wondering what people would think of me. I mean seriously – that poor woman over there with no friends. But today I am loving it. I have done some work in the past with my life coach about being comfortable with yourself and we have even had to date ourselves.
What is not to love about sitting in a cute cafe eating yummy toast and jam, sipping awesome coffee and writing a blog about how I am feeling… There is music in the background that is relaxing. There are people coming and going buying coffees but none have actually stayed to drink it so effectively I have the cafe by myself. The heater is on so its nice and cosy. It is drizzling outside and people are hurrying past, but it is an awesome day.
Oh and look at that just by sitting here listing all the positives about my morning I am starting to feel better 🙂
So some lessons I have learnt over the last 18 months have helped me here this morning. When I first recognised that I was feeling flat the first thought that came to mind was – well somewhere in the past I was obviously feeling flat and acknowledging it. You see, I totally believe in the Law of Attraction and Vibrational Energy. I understand that what we ‘put out there’ vibrationally we receive back from the Universe. This is one of main reasons I didn’t want to ‘sit’ in my flatness or misery. I knew that the longer I sat and acknowledge my feelings of being flat the the longer the Universe would give it back to me next time.
I also understand that by sitting here acknowledging all that I am grateful for this morning – the cute cafe, the warmth, the food and coffee etc. that the better I would feel. We can all get lost in how bad things are – It’s raining outside, I got wet coming to the cafe, its cold every time the door opens, none of my colleagues have turned up etc etc. But how is that going to help me? How am I meant to start to feel better whenI am wallowing in self-pity? By acknowledging all the wonderful things that are going on with me and around me it makes me feel better.
And the best part so far is that I have just pumped out a blog to share with you all in under half and hours. I love this.
Question: What is awesome about your morning?
