How does it feel to be you? The quality of our life could be summed up in the answer to this one question.
We get taught as kids to neglect how we feel for SO many reasons, some of them might even be well intended, but by the end of your life you will be left with only this one truth: “How did it feel to be you?”
“Think thoughts that make you happy. Do things that make you feel good. Be with people who make you feel good. Eat things that make your body feel good. Go at a pace that makes you feel good.” – Louise Hay
“To me, true prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself; it is a state of mind. Prosperity or lack of it is an outer expression of the ideas in your head.” – Louise Hay
“Find thoughts that make you feel good, and then think those thoughts a lot.” – Louise Hay
“Stop giving your precious energy to things that make you feel bad.” – Louise Hay
How do we get to this place of feeling good while spending a lifetime in this body?
The most reliable way that I know of, is to do the work that leads you to YOU. To work through all of the thoughts and feelings about yourself that scare you, until you can look in the mirror and actually like the person you see.
“One of the bonuses about loving yourself is that you get to feel good.” – Louise Hay
Today’s meditation is called “Come to your senses”. It is not meant to specifically make you feel good, but we need a practice that helps us take a step back and look at the thoughts that we think, and the feelings we feel.
It is only once we become the witness to our thinking and feeling, that we start creating the ability to place our attention on better feeling thoughts.
It may be helpful to note though, that the goal isn’t simply to feel good all the time. It’s to cultivate a deeper understanding of ourselves, to get better at understanding what moves us closer to wellbeing and what moves us further away from it.
A few ideas to cultivate your sense of being:
- Pay attention to thoughts that make you feel good, and become conscious about thinking them more often.
- Pay attention to things you do that add to your sense of wellbeing, and put those actions on repeat.
- Pay attention to the people that add to your sense of wellbeing, and surround yourself with more of them.
- Pay attention to what you eat and drink. Some things may taste and feel good in the moment but drop your body into a sense of unwellness long after.
The quality of the life you live is summarized in the answer to this question, “What does it feel like to be you?” Join us for today’s journey and put yourself in the ideal position to find the thoughts that make you feel good, and then choose to think those thoughts a lot!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Come to your senses.