Are you doing okay?\u00a0\u00a0And please, answer honestly.\u00a0 \u00a0My heart is feeling pretty heavy today after yesterday’s events.\u00a0 \u00a0Added on to the already tiring pandemic.<\/p>\n
So I’m investing in some self care today and trying not to get too caught up in the emotions of what’s happening around us.<\/p>\n
It’s easy to get caught up in those headlines.\u00a0 What happened yesterday in Washington was unimaginable.\u00a0 It’s hard to put into words how I’m feeling right now.<\/p>\n
It can be too much.\u00a0 Too much sadness. Too much anger.\u00a0 Too much hatred. It’s so very sad and slightly terrifying.<\/p>\n
It’s not our country and not our election.\u00a0 But I think we all feel it.\u00a0\u00a0We feel the hurt and the despair.\u00a0 We feel the pain and the frustration.<\/p>\n
I was getting caught up in the news headlines this morning and it was becoming too much so I had to make an effort to turn it off and do something else.\u00a0 Something positive.<\/p>\n
So I made a decision.\u00a0 \u00a0To not let the bad outweigh the good.\u00a0 To take care of me.<\/p>\n
Today – I choose love.\u00a0 Love for myself and a love for other people.\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 Deal with it\u00a0 I’m going to love on you too.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n
I drank my coffee, stared out the window a little too long, watching the sun come up.\u00a0 Watching “my birds” at the feeder and then I got my workout in.\u00a0 Exercise.\u00a0 It’s so good for you and helps deal with all those emotions.<\/p>\n
It’s easy to get caught up in all the negative going on around us.\u00a0 It can get overwhelming.\u00a0 Feeling helpless.\u00a0 Even a little hopeless.<\/p>\n
That’s when you need to make a decision.\u00a0 To be the light in the darkness.\u00a0 To be the good in the bad.\u00a0 To not let it hurt you.<\/p>\n
So, today, I choose love.\u00a0 And kindness.\u00a0 Compassion. Empathy.\u00a0 \u00a0I choose to look for the good that is still out there.<\/p>\n
Today I am choosing love.<\/p>\n
Love for myself and a love for other people.<\/p>\n
Today I am choosing kindness, compassion, empathy and I am going to spread that stuff all over the place and I hope you’ll join me.\u00a0 We can band together and as cheesy as it might sound, start spreading that love and kindness all over the place – because man oh man, this world needs it.<\/p>\n
Anybody up for the challenge?<\/p>\n