Putting a spin on everything.

This past week was a challenge. I took some of the tools I have learned over the summer and I tried putting them into action. Sometimes it was easy and other times it out right difficult, but here it is on Saturday and I am proud of myself never the less. One thing that I noticed this week was that practicing patience, forgiveness, kindness and empathy was one thing during my work day. But when my day was done and I was home with Preston, I stopped practicing. Just like that...I stopped. I would certainly catch myself though, and I would touch that fact and own into it. (When you recognise that you are doing something and stop, it's called 'touching it' from the teachings I've received). That is also a form of practicing; being able to confront the *shenpa. Of 5 working days, where my unhappiness is the most centered, I only blew up on someone once. The week before last I wouldn't have even been able to count how many times so that's a HUGE improvement. I practiced thinking and separation when poisonous conversation began. I smiled in the face of judgement and thanked them for the criticism. I proved to myself that with a bit of work on myself, on my own mind, I will make it to a more serene stage to play out my life. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become." Practice compassion, practice patience, practice so as you can become at one with yourself. So you can love all unconditionally. It's not easy and it can take a lifetime, but it's all we can do. And it's so very worth it. I love you. *Shenpa is a Tibetan word that in its' simplistic form means attachment