When we anticipate the future

Many of us life in fear for what the future might bring.  The news tells us of world events and our minds turn the coverage over and over until we start to fear for what’s ahead.

It’s good to have a bigger view of life, but not when you fill it with expected disappointments, challenge, and restrictions.

Our best option is to face life as it is, to allow things to unfold around us, but to stay committed to our own future and those we care for.  We can’t decide how others will view things and we can’t change their opinions.  But we can decide to take control of our own thinking.

When things appear to be falling down around us, our thoughts are all we can rely on to see us through.

So why would we open them up to negativity? Why would we let others’ slant of life distil our own?

When things get tricky, we need to rely on ourselves, and we can’t do that if we let ourselves open to others’ doom and gloom.

It’s why I don’t watch the news before I go to bed.

It’s why I told a fear spreading colleague at the height of the Pandemic to take her thoughts elsewhere

It’s why I’m careful who I talk to and what I read, and what I listen to.

I knew all this as a young parent. I was careful what I let my children be influenced by (of course, it was easier then without the internet!)

But the intention was the same.  To close off the thought mongering and to be present in the moment.

When we dwell on the past or anticipate a ‘less than’ future for ourselves, we’re limiting our possibilities.

And I, for one, won’t sign up for that.  Will you?

Love and Light,

Geraldine

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