“I am so busy. I am running around like a headless chicken. There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day. I am going around in circles continuously. It’s like Groundhog Day every day. Nothing ever changes. God there must be more to life than this”?
Have you ever spoken any of these statements? I know I certainly have. I sat with the above question today for awhile and had a good long think to myself.
“If this was my last day, would I be satisfied with my life and what would I have done differently”?
There are parts of my life I am very satisfied with, but there are also parts of my life that if I could go back, I would change in a heartbeat. For one thing I would not have waited until I was 50yrs to put boundaries into my life. I have allowed so many people to treat me in any way they wished even if it made me feel bad. My self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth all suffered massively. I suppose for a long time I was a victim of other people’s badness, and I felt sorry for myself, so I acted like a victim. I allowed my emotional health to be affected. It was my mindset at that time.
I have come to realise that in life, shit happens, and it is how we react or respond to this same shit that defines how we live our life. I have wasted so many years allowing the badness of others to control how I went through life. I hate that word “victim”. I am NOT a victim. I am strong, courageous, I have a lovely heart, I would never intentionally hurt another, I am compassionate, I am Mary.
I have a wonderful family, (well most of them) I have been blessed with beautiful friends, I have travelled to a lot of destinations on holiday, I have been lucky enough to have worked most of my life. Some jobs I have hated and more I have loved. I count myself very blessed to have become a Life, confidence, and mindset coach. It is because of this profession I have worked on and changed my mindset on so many levels.
Please God, it is not my last day, so that I may help others to change their mindset on issues they feel are affecting how they live their life. This life we have all been blessed with is not a rehearsal, so we really should decide how we want to live it. No one else in this whole world can decide that for you unless you allow it.
To sum it up, I have been satisfied mostly with my life. The one thing I would have done differently is to have studied to become a Life coach years ago, so I would have been in control of my thoughts and feelings and I would not have allowed others to treat me like they did. I would have slowed down a bit more because life is for living. Here is to the next slower, more mindful 30 yrs 😊
Now I ask you to take some time and think about this question
“If this was my last day, would I be satisfied with my life and what would I have done differently”?
