Letting Go Of Our Addiction To Grief And Inviting Love Back Into Our Life

There are habits that one may take on in life that are simple such as coffee in the morning, a glass of wine in every evening, my very personal favorite is a Diet Coke with 2 straws. Whatever our daily routines, these are the things that tend to be constants in our day. They don't necessarily affect our Health and they make us Happy or "Calm our stresses".

There are many addictions that one may take on in life that may be unhealthy for their path. These addictions can be anything from Drugs, to Alcohol, Prescription Pills, to Stress and Grief..... Wait, Did I say that someone could be addicted to Stress and Grief? Yes, I did and please allow me to explain. As our lives begin to go down a rocky path so to speak, it tends to take the beauty in life from our vision. We begin to forget the good in life as travel down a rough road. It is hard to see the beautiful world around us when we are surrounded by turmoil, fear, stress, fighting, or the loss of a loved one. As we get into a place of sadness, stress, and grief, that sadness, stress, and grief can become the only thing we see in life. When we wake up each day, our first thoughts of grief or stress that creep into our mind can keep us from even getting out of bed to start our day.

Perhaps we make it out of bed to work and we don't speak to a person around us in our work day for fear that we will simply break down and cry or say something so personal that we will regret saying it in the work place. Maybe we decide that keeping it all in would just be too much and so each and every day, we talk about our sadness, stress, fear, and grief and in speaking about our troubles each and every day, we push everyone who loves us away from us. We then begin to feel alone and wonder why on Earth the ones that we love would abandon us in the time that we need them the most?

Now I want to try to help you with this. Just as an alcoholic is in control of taking or not taking their next drink, you are in control of allowing or not allowing your next negative thought, feeling, or emotion. Just as that Alcoholic want's sobriety within their path to make their life amazing, we can clean our thoughts, feelings, and emotions within our space, allowing for only positive thoughts, feelings, and emotions to be placed in our path.

When you wake up tomorrow morning, as your eyes open to begin your day, I want you to start each day by saying in your head or out loud, "Thank You for this Beautiful Day that I am about to begin". As you walk into your bathroom each morning to wipe the sleep from your eyes, I want you to take just a few seconds each morning to tell yourself, "I am worthy of Greatness Today" Or if there is an Affirmation that resonates within you, please insert it here. If there is a moment in your day that the negative thoughts, feelings, or emotions begin to sneak into your space, I want you to scream in your head, "STOP!". Remind yourself that there are NO Negative Thoughts, Feelings, or Emotions allowed within your space. I want you to consciously replace that negative thought, feeling, or emotion with a new affirmation of love for yourself, or for your loved one in Heaven. You may have to repeat this more than one time a day and that is completely okay. There may be days that the tears just flow and there is no stopping them and that is okay, but as those tears flow, I want you to be sure that the tears are coming from a Happy Memory that you replaced the Sad memory with, or pride within yourself for your accomplishment in better getting through your day. I want you to share your new found love for life with others by simply walking up to a stranger and complimenting their hair or clothes. Perhaps you could simply hold a door open for someone. Share a smile with someone who simply doesn't have one. Why? you ask.... Perhaps you will be the change in their day that you never realized they needed. Perhaps in sharing love and compliments in the world, we can in turn change the focus of another Beautiful Soul's Day...As we share love for others, we in turn draw love into our own path.

As we make this conscious effort to change what emotions we place our focus on, I want you to take notice of those you love re-entering your path. You see, it wasn't that they weren't there for you. They were there, but one can only do so much for another in their path before they need to protect and honor their own worth by not allowing the negativity into their space. When we place our focus on the negatives, we push the ones we love away as we attract more negatives within our paths. When we place our focus on the love that surrounds us, we attract love and Peace.

If this does not resonate within you, then by all means please carry on in your path. But, I want you to know that the control of how beautiful every day that you live becomes lies within your hands. Your day can be as beautiful or as depressing as you allow it. What is the definition of an addict? "An enthusiastic devotee of a specified thing or activity."........... What are you Devoting your days to? Become an Addict of Love and see just how Amazingly quickly your path in life can Brighten.