Mindshift #1
If you listen carefully to the latent voice in your head, you may find that often it focuses on what you want but do not have. Chronic thought patterns driven by a sense of disconnect serve to perpetuate unhappiness.
What if you pushed back on these thoughts?
For instance, let’s say you feel disconnected from friends. Or, life circumstances have changed and you just don’t feel like you have many friends any more.
What if you tell yourself, “I am already connected to friends. New friends, old friends, I am already connected.” You might go through your social media friends lists to jog your memory, or make a list of people. You may decide to sit silently with this mindshift until you identify one possible friend. Soon, you can identify someone to reach out to for coffee or lunch. If this one doesn’t work out or get reciprocated, try another. But, you are already connected.
You may create a litany of ways that you feel disconnected from what you want regarding health, next career move, relationships, finances, etc. Push back. Choose to be open rather than closed in your thinking. It takes significant practice sometimes to remove the barriers that we have constructed.
You are already connected. Find out how.
Worth Repeating
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
-Stephen Covey
